diff --git a/mk/linux/start_megaglest b/mk/linux/start_megaglest
index 531bcc80..924aed09 100755
--- a/mk/linux/start_megaglest
+++ b/mk/linux/start_megaglest
@@ -190,6 +190,14 @@ DL_LINKEDLIBNAME='libdl.so.2'
 DL_LIBLOOKUP1=${DL_LINKEDLIBNAME}
 DL_LIBLOOKUP2='libdl.so.'
 
+VLC_LINKEDLIBNAME='libvlc.so.5'
+VLC_LIBLOOKUP1=${VLC_LINKEDLIBNAME}
+VLC_LIBLOOKUP2='libvlc.so.'
+
+VLCCORE_LINKEDLIBNAME='libvlccore.so.5'
+VLCCORE_LIBLOOKUP1=${VLCCORE_LINKEDLIBNAME}
+VLCCORE_LIBLOOKUP2='libvlccore.so.'
+
 if [ "$OS_TYPE"'_' = 'x86_64_' ]; then
   DIRECTFB_LINKEDLIBNAME='libdirectfb-1.2.so.0'
   DIRECTFB_LIBLOOKUP1=${DIRECTFB_LINKEDLIBNAME}
@@ -259,6 +267,8 @@ findMissingSO "$LDCONFIG" "$GAMEDIR/$LIBDIR/${LUA_LINKEDLIBNAME}" "$LUA_LIBLOOKU
 findMissingSO "$LDCONFIG" "$GAMEDIR/$LIBDIR/${FTGL_LINKEDLIBNAME}" "$FTGL_LIBLOOKUP1" "$FTGL_LIBLOOKUP2"
 findMissingSO "$LDCONFIG" "$GAMEDIR/$LIBDIR/${IRC_LINKEDLIBNAME}" "$IRC_LIBLOOKUP1" "$IRC_LIBLOOKUP2"
 findMissingSO "$LDCONFIG" "$GAMEDIR/$LIBDIR/${DL_LINKEDLIBNAME}" "$DL_LIBLOOKUP1" "$DL_LIBLOOKUP2"
+findMissingSO "$LDCONFIG" "$GAMEDIR/$LIBDIR/${VLCCORE_LINKEDLIBNAME}" "$VLCCORE_LIBLOOKUP1" "$VLCCORE_LIBLOOKUP2"
+findMissingSO "$LDCONFIG" "$GAMEDIR/$LIBDIR/${VLC_LINKEDLIBNAME}" "$VLC_LIBLOOKUP1" "$VLC_LIBLOOKUP2"
 
 ./megaglest $@