diff --git a/Make/makedefs b/Make/makedefs
index 823ac5136..ab27547bf 100644
--- a/Make/makedefs
+++ b/Make/makedefs
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ ifeq ($(OS),Linux)
   X_LIBS            = -lXmu -lX11
   SOCKET_LIBS       = 
   OTHER_LIBS        = 
+  PNG_LIBS          = -lpng
+  JPEG_LIBS         = -ljpeg
+  TIFF_LIB          = -ltiff
+  GIF_LIBS          = -lgif
 
   MAKEDIST          = $(TOPDIR)/Make/makerpms
 endif
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/tiff/Makefile b/src/osgPlugins/tiff/Makefile
index 38421e6f6..c42cf575b 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/tiff/Makefile
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/tiff/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/Make/makedefs
 CXXFILES =\
 	ReaderWriterTIFF.cpp\
 
-LIBS  += $(TIFF_LIB) $(OSG_LIBS) $(OTHER_LIBS)
+LIBS  += $(OSG_LIBS) $(TIFF_LIB) $(OTHER_LIBS)
 
 INC     += -I/usr/local/include
 LDFLAGS += -L/usr/local/lib