ax_bam.m4 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ax_bam.m4 b/ax_bam.m4
index 7d463b7..95f1bed 100644
--- a/ax_bam.m4
+++ b/ax_bam.m4
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ if test "x$want_bam" = "xyes"; then
 			AC_MSG_NOTICE([Your bam libraries seem too old (version $_version).])
 		fi
 	else
-		BAM_LIB="-lbam"
+		BAM_LIB="-lbam -lhts"
 		AC_SUBST(BAM_CPPFLAGS)
 		AC_SUBST(BAM_LDFLAGS)
 		AC_SUBST(BAM_LIB)