diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9ac2f54918d50fa99ea15dd6864f5b4513787ea0..2dbc82ef78ed3c4022f4e3b7b536358cd9c430cf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ LT_LANG(C++)
 AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11([noext],[mandatory])
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG()
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([nettle], [nettle >= 2.4])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GNUTLS], [gnutls >= 3.1])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([msgpack], [msgpack])
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index ca1fff6d595ca0a1b478f78b5a9c88017ab0d4c6..727c4b50ba33405e98e92c2954d16e86f6fd5dab 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libopendht.la
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I../include/opendht
 libopendht_la_CXXFLAGS = @CXXFLAGS@
+libopendht_la_LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@ @GNUTLS_LIBS@ @nettle_LIBS@
 
 libopendht_la_SOURCES = \
         dht.cpp \