diff --git a/utils/alsa.m4 b/utils/alsa.m4
index e12310df..a5c5a292 100644
--- a/utils/alsa.m4
+++ b/utils/alsa.m4
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ if test "$alsa_inc_prefix" != "" ; then
 fi
 AC_MSG_RESULT($ALSA_CFLAGS)
 
+AC_CHECK_LIB(c, dlopen, LIBDL="", [AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen, LIBDL="-ldl")])
+
 dnl add any special lib dirs
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for ALSA LDFLAGS)
 if test "$alsa_prefix" != "" ; then
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ if test "$alsa_prefix" != "" ; then
 fi
 
 dnl add the alsa library
-ALSA_LIBS="$ALSA_LIBS -lasound -lm -ldl -lpthread"
+ALSA_LIBS="$ALSA_LIBS -lasound -lm $LIBDL -lpthread"
 LIBS="$ALSA_LIBS $LIBS"
 AC_MSG_RESULT($ALSA_LIBS)