--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -5441,6 +5441,10 @@
 # requirements, in which case keep reading.  CK_NEWTERM added after 7.0B04
 # due to new complaints about ncurses changing buffering of tty.
 
+
+linuxgum:
+	$(MAKE) xermit KTARGET=$${KTARGET:-$(@)} CFLAGS="-DLINUX -funsigned-char -DFNFLOAT -DCK_POSIX_SIG -DCK_NEWTERM -DNODEBUG -DNOCSETS -DNOHELP -DMINIDIAL -DNOSCRIPT -DNOIKSD -DNOPUSH -DNOARROWKEYS -DNONET -DLINUXFSSTND -DNOCOTFMC -DPOSIX -DUSE_STRERROR $(KFLAGS)" \
+	LNKFLAGS="$(LNKFLAGS)" LIBS="$(LIBS) -lm -lcrypt"
 linuxa:
 	@echo 'Making C-Kermit $(CKVER) for Linux 1.2 or later...'
 	@echo 'IMPORTANT: Read the comments in the linux section of the'