diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 30980b5..7ab43c1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(rt, sched_setscheduler, [
 
 dnl i386_get_ioperm on NetBSD&OpenBSD
 AC_CHECK_LIB(i386, i386_get_ioperm,
+        LIBS="-li386 $LIBS"
         AC_DEFINE([HAVE_I386_IOPERM_NETBSD],[1],
         [Define if you have the NetBSD&OpenBSD version of i386_ioperm functions.]),[
         dnl i386_get_ioperm on FreeBSD