diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0832edd424..f75c71caaf 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2240,8 +2240,8 @@ check_func truncf
 # these are off by default, so fail if requested and not available
 enabled avisynth   && require2 vfw32 "windows.h vfw.h" AVIFileInit -lvfw32
 enabled libdirac   && add_cflags $(pkg-config --cflags dirac) &&
-                      require  libdirac libdirac_decoder/dirac_parser.h dirac_decoder_init -ldirac_decoder &&
-                      require  libdirac libdirac_encoder/dirac_encoder.h dirac_encoder_init -ldirac_encoder
+                      require  libdirac libdirac_decoder/dirac_parser.h dirac_decoder_init $(pkg-config --libs dirac) &&
+                      require  libdirac libdirac_encoder/dirac_encoder.h dirac_encoder_init $(pkg-config --libs dirac)
 enabled libfaac    && require2 libfaac "stdint.h faac.h" faacEncGetVersion -lfaac
 enabled libfaad    && require2 libfaad faad.h faacDecOpen -lfaad
 enabled libgsm     && require  libgsm gsm.h gsm_create -lgsm