diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index feeae04d9..6925df814 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ if test "x$GLX" = xyes; then
 	AC_SUBST(XLIB_CFLAGS)
 	AC_DEFINE(GLXEXT, 1, [Build GLX extension])
 	GLX_LIBS='$(top_builddir)/glx/libglx.la'
-	GLX_SYS_LIBS="$GLX_SYS_LIBS -lGL"
+	GLX_SYS_LIBS="$GLX_SYS_LIBS $GL_LIBS"
 else
         GLX=no
 fi