--- a/m4/xerces_curl_prefix.m4
+++ b/m4/xerces_curl_prefix.m4
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
                     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for curl_multi_init in -lcurl])
 
 		    orig_ldflags=$LDFLAGS
-		    LDFLAGS="$curl_libs $LDFLAGS"
+		    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $curl_libs"
 
                     AC_LINK_IFELSE(
 		    AC_LANG_SOURCE[[