diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6e3af54946bdd7a3fd0557e5020db31e68e6b102..22ab2d58d221a73d20466cecfaafac2fe9d31acd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ AC_SUBST(MUNGE_LIBS)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(WITH_MUNGE, test "x$have_munge" = "xyes")
 
 AUTHD_CFLAGS=""
-AUTHD_LIBS="-lauth"
+AUTHD_LIBS="-lauth -le"
 savedLIBS="$LIBS"
 savedCFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 LIBS="$SSL_LIBS $AUTHD_LIBS $LIBS"