diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0321d437d9..36f9cd94d8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([c], [socket],
 [NEEDS_SOCKET=],
 [NEEDS_SOCKET=YesPlease])
 AC_SUBST(NEEDS_SOCKET)
+test -n "$NEEDS_SOCKET" && LIBS="$LIBS -lsocket"
 
 
 ## Checks for header files.