diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index fbfebf622..26f546761 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ if test "$with_python" != "no" ; then
 		    PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print sysconfig.get_python_lib()"`
 	    fi
 	fi
-	PYTHON_LIBS=`python$PYTHON_VERSION-config --libs`
+	PYTHON_LIBS=`python$PYTHON_VERSION-config --ldflags`
     fi
     if test "$with_python" != ""
     then