diff -Nru xchat-2.8.8/debian/changelog xchat-2.8.8/debian/changelog
--- xchat-2.8.8/debian/changelog	2012-12-08 14:16:28.000000000 +0000
+++ xchat-2.8.8/debian/changelog	2013-09-11 12:41:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+xchat (2.8.8-7.1+rpi1) jessie-staging; urgency=low
+
+  * Force -lgmodule-2.0 in ldflags to fix link error.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:50:08 +0000
+
 xchat (2.8.8-7.1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Non-maintainer upload.
diff -Nru xchat-2.8.8/debian/rules xchat-2.8.8/debian/rules
--- xchat-2.8.8/debian/rules	2012-04-01 16:31:46.000000000 +0000
+++ xchat-2.8.8/debian/rules	2013-09-11 12:40:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub .
 	cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess .
 	[ -f xchat.xpm ] || convert -resize 32x32 xchat.png xchat.xpm
-	CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" ./configure --prefix=/usr --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-python --enable-ipv6  \
+	CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="-lgmodule-2.0" ./configure --prefix=/usr --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-python --enable-ipv6  \
 	--disable-mmx --enable-openssl --enable-tcl=/usr/lib \
 	--enable-dbus --disable-rpath
 	touch configure-stamp