diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c36ec93c5..f33302e42 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-12-17  Robert Larice
+ * src/spicelib/devices/dev.c ,
+ * src/spicelib/devices/adms/admst/ngspice.xml :
+  adms3, use -ldl instead of -lltdl, fix include path
+
 2011-12-17  Robert Larice
  * src/frontend/breakp2.c ,
  * src/frontend/outitf.c ,
diff --git a/src/spicelib/devices/adms/admst/ngspice.xml b/src/spicelib/devices/adms/admst/ngspice.xml
index 97be268db..6417964e4 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/devices/adms/admst/ngspice.xml
+++ b/src/spicelib/devices/adms/admst/ngspice.xml
@@ -3371,9 +3371,9 @@ get_$(module)_info(void)
 #ifndef $(module)
 #define $(module)
 
-#include "src/include/ngspice/ngspice.h"
-#include "src/include/ngspice/devdefs.h"
-#include "src/include/ngspice/sperror.h"
+#include "ngspice/ngspice.h"
+#include "ngspice/devdefs.h"
+#include "ngspice/sperror.h"
 
 #ifndef DEV_$(module)
 #define DEV_$(module)
diff --git a/src/spicelib/devices/dev.c b/src/spicelib/devices/dev.c
index 5f4e4601a..67956542b 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/devices/dev.c
+++ b/src/spicelib/devices/dev.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ int DEVflag(int type){
 #if ADMS >= 3
 #include "ngspice/fteext.h"  /* for ft_sim */
 #include "ngspice/cktdefs.h" /* for DEVmaxnum */
-#include <ltdl.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 static void varelink(CKTcircuit *ckt) {
 
 /*
@@ -189,41 +189,44 @@ static void varelink(CKTcircuit *ckt) {
 }
 int load_vadev(CKTcircuit *ckt, char *name)
 {
-  char libname[50];
+  char *msg, libname[50];
   void *lib;
   SPICEadmsdev *device;
-
-  int l=(int)strlen("lib")+(int)strlen(name)+(int)strlen(".so");
+  void* fetch;                  /* fixme funptr_t */
 
   strcpy(libname, "lib");
   strcat(libname,name);
   strcat(libname,".so");
-  libname[l+1]='\0';
 
-  lt_dlinit ();
-  lt_dlsetsearchpath (".");
-
-  lib = lt_dlopen(libname);
+  lib = dlopen(libname, RTLD_NOW);
 
   if(!lib){
-    perror (lt_dlerror ());
+    msg = dlerror();
+    printf("%s\n", msg);
     return -1;
   }
-  
+
   strcpy(libname, "get_");
   strcat(libname,name);
   strcat(libname,"_info");
-  device = ((SPICEadmsdev * (*)(void)) lt_dlsym(lib,libname)) ();
+  fetch = dlsym(lib,libname);
 
-  if(!device){
-    perror (lt_dlerror ());
+  if(fetch)
+      device = ((SPICEadmsdev * (*)(void)) fetch) ();
+  else
+      device = NULL;
+
+  if(!device) {
+    msg = dlerror();
+    printf("%s\n", msg);
     return -1;
   }
+
   device->mkn = ((int (*)(GENmodel *, CKTcircuit *)) &CKTmkVolt);
   device->mkj = ((int (*)(CKTcircuit *, GENmodel *, IFuid)) &SMPmakeElt);
 
   DEVices = TREALLOC(SPICEdev *, DEVices, DEVNUM + 1);
-  printf("Added device: %s from dynamic library %s\n",((SPICEdev *)device)->DEVpublic.name,lib);
+  printf("Added device: %s from dynamic library %s\n", ((SPICEdev *)device)->DEVpublic.name, libname);
   DEVices[DEVNUM++] = (SPICEdev *)device;
   varelink(ckt);
   return DEVNUM-1;