Index: kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/aclocal.m4
==================================================================
--- kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/aclocal.m4
+++ kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/aclocal.m4
@@ -171,10 +171,13 @@
 				DC_DO_STATIC_LINK_LIBCXX
 			fi
 			if test "${proj}" = "tk"; then
 				DC_DO_TK
 				AC_DEFINE(KIT_INCLUDES_TK, [1], [Specify this if we link statically to Tk])
+				if test -n "${TK_VERSION}"; then
+					AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(KIT_TK_VERSION, "${TK_VERSION}${TK_PATCH_LEVEL}", [Specify the version of Tk])
+				fi
 
 				if test "$host_os" = "mingw32msvc" -o "$host_os" = "mingw32"; then
 					AC_DEFINE(KITSH_NEED_WINMAIN, [1], [Define if you need WinMain (Windows)])
 					CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -mwindows"
 				fi

Index: kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/kitInit.c
==================================================================
--- kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/kitInit.c
+++ kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/kitInit.c
@@ -143,10 +143,18 @@
 		"set f [open setup.tcl]\n"
 		"set s [read $f]\n"
 		"close $f\n"
 	"}\n"
 	"uplevel #0 $s\n"
+#if defined(KIT_INCLUDES_TK) && defined(KIT_TK_VERSION)
+#  ifndef _WIN32
+	"package ifneeded Tk " KIT_TK_VERSION " {\n"
+		"load {} Tk\n"
+		"package provide Tk " KIT_TK_VERSION "\n"
+	"}\n"
+#  endif
+#endif
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	"catch {load {} dde}\n"
 	"catch {load {} registry}\n"
 #endif /* _WIN32 */
 	"return 0\n"