diff --git a/autoconf/configure.ac b/autoconf/configure.ac
index be77dbd0..b0686c60 100644
--- a/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(
       []
     )    
     PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=`${PYTHON_CONFIG} --includes`
-    PYTHON_LIBS=`${PYTHON_CONFIG} --libs`
+    PYTHON_LIBS=`${PYTHON_CONFIG} --ldflags`
   ],
   [
     AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON, python${PYTHON_VERSION}, nopython)
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(
           AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find python or python3]),
           [
             PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=`${PYTHON3}-config --includes`
-            PYTHON_LIBS=`${PYTHON3}-config --libs`
+            PYTHON_LIBS=`${PYTHON3}-config --ldflags`
             PYTHON=$PYTHON3
           ]
         )
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5a0a7115..73c33c2c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5552,7 +5552,7 @@ fi
 
 fi
     PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=`${PYTHON_CONFIG} --includes`
-    PYTHON_LIBS=`${PYTHON_CONFIG} --libs`
+    PYTHON_LIBS=`${PYTHON_CONFIG} --ldflags`
 
 else
 
@@ -5645,7 +5645,7 @@ fi
 else
 
             PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=`${PYTHON3}-config --includes`
-            PYTHON_LIBS=`${PYTHON3}-config --libs`
+            PYTHON_LIBS=`${PYTHON3}-config --ldflags`
             PYTHON=$PYTHON3