diff --git a/ghc/driver/ghc.lprl b/ghc/driver/ghc.lprl
index e68881d54eda0c2ad52b11317891035753774a84..50cd7cc7b6d004397d011d6c84c08c307570d967 100644
--- a/ghc/driver/ghc.lprl
+++ b/ghc/driver/ghc.lprl
@@ -2546,7 +2546,7 @@ sub add_syslib {
 	       : "$TopPwd/hslibs/concurrent"
 	  )
 	, '' # where to find the cbits archive to use when linking
-	, '' # Syslib dependencies
+	, 'lang' # Syslib dependencies
 	, '' # extra ghc opts
 	, '' # extra cc opts
 	, '' # extra ld opts