diff -urNad kopete-3.5.4+kopete0.12.2/kopete/plugins/nowlistening/Makefile.am kopete-3.5.4+kopete0.12.2.new/kopete/plugins/nowlistening/Makefile.am
--- kopete-3.5.4+kopete0.12.2/kopete/plugins/nowlistening/Makefile.am	2006-08-12 02:50:43.000000000 +0200
+++ kopete-3.5.4+kopete0.12.2.new/kopete/plugins/nowlistening/Makefile.am	2006-08-15 22:21:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 kde_module_LTLIBRARIES = kopete_nowlistening.la kcm_kopete_nowlistening.la
 
 kopete_nowlistening_la_SOURCES = nowlisteningconfig.kcfgc nowlisteningplugin.cpp nlkscd.cpp nlnoatun.cpp nlxmms.cpp nowlisteningguiclient.cpp nljuk.cpp nlamarok.cpp nlkaffeine.cpp
-kopete_nowlistening_la_LDFLAGS     = -module $(KDE_PLUGIN) $(XMMS_LDFLAGS) $(all_libraries)
-kopete_nowlistening_la_LIBADD =  ../../libkopete/libkopete.la $(XMMS_LIBS)
+kopete_nowlistening_la_LDFLAGS     = -module $(KDE_PLUGIN) $(all_libraries)
+kopete_nowlistening_la_LIBADD =  ../../libkopete/libkopete.la
 
 kcm_kopete_nowlistening_la_SOURCES = nowlisteningprefs.ui nowlisteningpreferences.cpp nowlisteningconfig.kcfgc
 kcm_kopete_nowlistening_la_LDFLAGS = -module -no-undefined $(KDE_PLUGIN) $(all_libraries)
diff -urNad kopete-3.5.4+kopete0.12.2/kopete/plugins/nowlistening/nlxmms.cpp kopete-3.5.4+kopete0.12.2.new/kopete/plugins/nowlistening/nlxmms.cpp
--- kopete-3.5.4+kopete0.12.2/kopete/plugins/nowlistening/nlxmms.cpp	2006-08-12 02:50:43.000000000 +0200
+++ kopete-3.5.4+kopete0.12.2.new/kopete/plugins/nowlistening/nlxmms.cpp	2006-08-15 22:23:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_XMMS
 
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <kdebug.h>
 #include <xmmsctrl.h> // need to fix Makefile.am for this?
 #include "nlmediaplayer.h"
@@ -32,13 +33,21 @@
 NLXmms::NLXmms() : NLMediaPlayer()
 {
 	m_name = "Xmms";
+
+	xmmslib = dlopen("libxmms.so.1", RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
 }
 
+NLXmms::~NLXmms()
+{
+	if (xmmslib)
+		dlclose(xmmslib);
+}
 
 void NLXmms::update()
 {
 	//look for running xmms
-	if ( xmms_remote_get_version( 0 ) )
+	if ( xmmslib &&
+		 xmms_remote_get_version( 0 ) )
 	{
 		QString newTrack;
 		// see if it's playing
diff -urNad kopete-3.5.4+kopete0.12.2/kopete/plugins/nowlistening/nlxmms.h kopete-3.5.4+kopete0.12.2.new/kopete/plugins/nowlistening/nlxmms.h
--- kopete-3.5.4+kopete0.12.2/kopete/plugins/nowlistening/nlxmms.h	2006-08-12 02:50:43.000000000 +0200
+++ kopete-3.5.4+kopete0.12.2.new/kopete/plugins/nowlistening/nlxmms.h	2006-08-15 22:22:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@
 {
 	public:
 		NLXmms();
+		~NLXmms();
 		virtual void update();
+
+	private:
+		void *xmmslib;
 };
 
 #endif