diff --git a/mythtv/configure b/mythtv/configure
index 4aa8727..f890df3 100755
--- a/mythtv/configure
+++ b/mythtv/configure
@@ -6475,7 +6475,7 @@ if enabled mythlogserver; then
     echo "Configuring zeromq..."
     (cd external/zeromq ; \
              ./configure --quiet --without-documentation --prefix=${prefix} \
-                         --includedir=${prefix}/include/mythtv/zeromq)
+                         --includedir=${prefix}/include/mythtv/zeromq --libdir=${libdir})
     echo "Configuring nzmqt..."
     (cd external/nzmqt/src ; \
            ${qmakeconf} -o Makefile)