diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 99cc1284bf7..39dc32866b8 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ dnl This file contains local autoconf functions.
 
 sinclude(dynlib.m4)
 
+AC_DEFUN(PHP_REMOVE_USR_LIB,[
+  ac_new_flags=""
+  for i in [$]$1; do
+    case [$]i in
+    -L/usr/lib|-L/usr/lib/) ;;
+    *) ac_new_flags="[$]ac_new_flags [$]i" ;;
+    esac
+  done
+  $1=[$]ac_new_flags
+])
+    
 AC_DEFUN(PHP_SETUP_OPENSSL,[
   if test "$PHP_OPENSSL" = "no"; then
     PHP_OPENSSL="/usr/local/ssl /usr/local /usr /usr/local/openssl"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0de6901fa57..a746a801a4d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -796,6 +796,8 @@ AC_SUBST(EXPANDED_PHP_CONFIG_FILE_PATH)
 
 PHP_BUILD_RPATH
 
+PHP_REMOVE_USR_LIB(PHP_LDFLAGS)
+
 EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS $PHP_LDFLAGS"
 
 PHP_BUILD_DATE=`date '+%Y-%m-%d'`
@@ -806,7 +808,6 @@ PHP_OS=`uname`
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PHP_OS,"$PHP_OS",[uname output])
 
 
-	
 PHP_SUBST_OLD(abs_builddir)
 PHP_SUBST_OLD(abs_srcdir)
 PHP_SUBST(bindir)