diff -urN gpsd-2.96.old//Makefile.am gpsd-2.96//Makefile.am
--- gpsd-2.96.old//Makefile.am	2011-05-16 11:41:11.763256750 +0200
+++ gpsd-2.96//Makefile.am	2011-05-16 12:37:34.095971771 +0200
@@ -615,8 +615,8 @@
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 
 # These are not distributed
-libgps: libgps_core.c gps.h .libs/libgps.a
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o libgps $(LIBM) -DTESTMAIN $(LIBPTHREAD) -g libgps_core.c .libs/libgps.a
+libgps: libgps_core.c gps.h .libs/libgps.so
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o libgps $(LIBM) -DTESTMAIN $(LIBPTHREAD) -g libgps_core.c .libs/libgps.so
 
 
 # Report splint warnings
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
 
 # Use make REGRESSOPTS=-u to force running with UDP rather than pty devices
 
-run_regress_driver = PYTHON=$(PYTHON) $(srcdir)/regress-driver $(REGRESSOPTS)
+run_regress_driver = PYTHON=$(PYTHON) LD_LIBRARY_PATH="./.libs/" $(srcdir)/regress-driver $(REGRESSOPTS)
 
 # Regression-test the daemon
 gps-regress: gpsd stamp-python