diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 94d3471eb8..e99eb78752 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2339,8 +2339,8 @@ if test "$sdl" != "no" ; then
 int main( void ) { return SDL_Init (SDL_INIT_VIDEO); }
 EOF
   sdl_cflags=`$sdlconfig --cflags 2> /dev/null`
-  if test "$static" = "yes" ; then
-    sdl_libs=`$sdlconfig --static-libs 2>/dev/null`
+  if test "$static" = "yes" ; then    
+    sdl_libs=`$sdlconfig --static --libs 2>/dev/null`
   else
     sdl_libs=`$sdlconfig --libs 2> /dev/null`
   fi