diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 33f7da6..90eb4e8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ EXTRACXXFLAGS=$(echo "$RCXX"| sed -e  "s/-std=[^ ]\{0,\}//")
 CFLAGS=`"${R_HOME}/bin/R" CMD config CFLAGS`
 CPPFLAGS=`"${R_HOME}/bin/R" CMD config CPPFLAGS`
 CXXFLAGS=`"${R_HOME}/bin/R" CMD config CXXFLAGS`
-LDFLAGS=`"${R_HOME}/bin/R" CMD config LDFLAGS`
+LDFLAGS=`"${R_HOME}/bin/R" CMD config LDFLAGS SHLIB_LDFLAGS`
 FC=`"${R_HOME}/bin/R" CMD config FC`
 FLIBS=`"${R_HOME}/bin/R" CMD config FLIBS`