diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6fbaf362..ffe8624d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2005-07-28  Peter Ekberg  <peda@lysator.liu.se>
+
+	* libltdl/ltdl.c: The linker is confused by having one
+	definition of lt_libltdlc_LTX_preloaded_symbols tagged with
+	__declspec(dllexport) in ltdl.c and one definition with an
+	initial value in libltdlcS.c. So, just say extern in ltdl.c.
+	Fixes the mdemo-exec.test for MinGW.
+
 2005-07-28  Peter Ekberg  <peda@lysator.liu.se>
 
 	* config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_link) <lib>: Zap duplicate
diff --git a/libltdl/ltdl.c b/libltdl/ltdl.c
index d07013e7..3221a6d3 100644
--- a/libltdl/ltdl.c
+++ b/libltdl/ltdl.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ loader_init (lt_get_vtable *vtable_func, lt_user_data data)
 
 LT_SCOPE const lt_dlvtable *	get_vtable (lt_user_data data);
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBDLLOADER
-LT_SCOPE lt_dlsymlist		preloaded_symbols;
+extern lt_dlsymlist		preloaded_symbols;
 #endif
 
 /* Initialize libltdl. */