diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index e48b16de6..a6363b6aa 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -337,6 +337,9 @@ AC_DEFUN(SUDO_APPEND_LIBPATH, [
     else
 	$1="${$1} -L$2"
     fi
+    if test X"$blibpath" != X"" -a "$1" = "SUDO_LDFLAGS"; then
+	blibpath_add="${blibpath_add}:$2"
+    fi
 ])
 
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