--- config/m4/ax_lib_expat.m4.ori	2011-12-08 01:59:42.000000000 +0100
+++ config/m4/ax_lib_expat.m4	2011-12-08 02:00:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@
 
     if test -n "$expat_prefix"; then
         expat_include_dir="$expat_prefix/include"
-        expat_lib_flags="-L$expat_prefix/lib -lexpat"
+        expat_lib_flags="-L$expat_prefix/lib"
+        expat_libs="-lexpat"
         run_expat_test="yes"
     elif test "$expat_requested" = "yes"; then
         if test -n "$expat_include_dir" -a -n "$expat_lib_flags"; then
@@ -129,6 +130,8 @@
         saved_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
         LIBS="$LDFLAGS $expat_lib_flags"
 
+        saved_LIBS="$LIBS"
+        LIBS="$LIBS $expat_libs"
         dnl
         dnl Check Expat headers
         dnl
@@ -188,6 +191,7 @@
 
         CPPFLAGS="$saved_CPPFLAGS"
         LDFLAGS="$saved_LDFLAGS"
+        LIBS="$saved_LIBS"
     fi
 
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Expat XML Parser])