diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a4fa94aef..fa44f3aea 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5714,6 +5714,7 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 
       EXTRA_LIBS_FOR_DLLS="-lws2_32"
+      LIBS="$LIBS -lws2_32"
     elif test "$target_os" = "cygwin"
     then
       CC="${CC}  -mno-cygwin"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 949f66494..8c80db318 100755
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ then
     then
       AC_CHECK_LIB(ws2_32,main)
       EXTRA_LIBS_FOR_DLLS="-lws2_32"
+      LIBS="$LIBS -lws2_32"
     elif test "$target_os" = "cygwin"
     then
       CC="${CC}  -mno-cygwin"