--- configure.in	2012-05-26 06:03:18.000000000 +0200
+++ configure.in	2012-05-26 19:01:12.904984165 +0200
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 dnl zlib option might change flags, so we save them initially
 dnl
 _cppflags="${CPPFLAGS}"
-_ldflags="${LDFLAGS}"
+_libs="${LIBS}"
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(c14n,
 [  --with-c14n             add the Canonicalization support (on)])
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
   if test "$withval" != "no" -a "$withval" != "yes"; then
     RDL_DIR=$withval
     CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I$withval/include"
-    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L$withval/lib"
+    LIBS="${LIBS} -L$withval/lib"
   fi
 ])
 AC_ARG_WITH(regexps,
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
   if test "$withval" != "no" -a "$withval" != "yes"; then
     Z_DIR=$withval
     CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I$withval/include"
-    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L$withval/lib"
+    LIBS="${LIBS} -L$withval/lib"
   fi
 ])
 AC_ARG_WITH(lzma,
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
   if test "$withval" != "no" -a "$withval" != "yes"; then
     LZMA_DIR=$withval
     CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I$withval/include"
-    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L$withval/lib"
+    LIBS="${LIBS} -L$withval/lib"
   fi
 ])
 AC_ARG_WITH(coverage,
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
 AC_SUBST(WITH_LZMA)
 
 CPPFLAGS=${_cppflags}
-LDFLAGS=${_ldflags}
+LIBS=${_libs}
 
 echo Checking headers
 
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@
     if ${ICU_CONFIG} --cflags >/dev/null 2>&1
     then
         ICU_LIBS=`icu-config --ldflags`
-        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $ICU_LIBS"
+        LIBS="$LIBS $ICU_LIBS"
         WITH_ICU=1
         echo Enabling ICU support
     else