diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ed68ca258..83c83eb88 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ if test x$use_tests = xyes; then
   dnl Determine if -DBOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK is needed
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for dynamic linked boost test])
   TEMP_LIBS="$LIBS"
-  LIBS="$LIBS $BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB"
+  LIBS="$LIBS $BOOST_LDFLAGS $BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB"
   TEMP_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
   CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
   AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([