diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/widget_manager.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/widget_manager.cpp
index 16b946159..7cfe26a3e 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/widget_manager.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/widget_manager.cpp
@@ -3183,6 +3183,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 	CWidgetManager::CWidgetManager()
 	{
+		LinkHack();
+		
 		CStringShared::createStringMapper();
 
 		CReflectableRegister::registerClasses();