diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1cfc2fc..384c298 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2944,11 +2944,13 @@ if test "x$with_libperl" = "xyes" \
 then
   SAVE_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
   SAVE_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+  SAVE_LIBS="$LIBS"
 dnl ARCHFLAGS="" -> disable multi -arch on OSX (see Config_heavy.pl:fetch_string)
   PERL_CFLAGS=`ARCHFLAGS="" $perl_interpreter -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts`
   PERL_LDFLAGS=`ARCHFLAGS="" $perl_interpreter -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts`
   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PERL_CFLAGS"
   LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $PERL_LDFLAGS"
+  LIBS="$LIBS -lperl -lpthread"
 
   AC_CACHE_CHECK([for libperl],
     [c_cv_have_libperl],
@@ -2967,7 +2969,10 @@ dnl ARCHFLAGS="" -> disable multi -arch on OSX (see Config_heavy.pl:fetch_string
 			 Nullsv);
       ]]),
       [c_cv_have_libperl="yes"],
-      [c_cv_have_libperl="no"]
+      [ 
+        c_cv_have_libperl="no" 
+        LIBS="$SAVE_LIBS"
+      ]
     )
   )