diff --git a/Make.rules.in b/Make.rules.in
index 32f5996..9e662aa 100644
--- a/Make.rules.in
+++ b/Make.rules.in
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 X_CFLAGS  = @X_CFLAGS@
 X_LIBS    = @X_LIBS@
 XLIB      = @X_PRE_LIBS@ @XLIB@ @X_EXTRA_LIBS@
-WINELIB   = $(WINESTUB) $(TOPOBJDIR)/@LIB_TARGET@
+WINELIB   = $(WINESTUB) -L$(TOPOBJDIR) -lwine
 LIBS      = @LIBS@
 YACC      = @YACC@
 LEX       = @LEX@
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 2173af0..fdda26a 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 lib: $(LIBSUBDIRS) $(X11SUBDIRS) $(LIB_TARGET)
 
 wine wine.sym: $(LIBSUBDIRS) $(X11SUBDIRS) $(LIB_TARGET) $(EMUSUBDIRS) dummy
-	$(CC) -o wine $(EMUOBJS) $(LIB_TARGET) $(ALT_LINK) $(LDOPTIONS) $(X_LIBS) $(XLIB) $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) -o wine $(EMUOBJS) $(ALT_LINK) $(LDOPTIONS) $(X_LIBS) $(XLIB) $(LIBS)
 	nm -n wine | grep -v _compiled >wine.sym
 	@echo "Wine build complete."
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f401e62..76e9a49 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
 
 MAIN_TARGET=emu
 LIB_TARGET=libwine.a
-ALT_LINK=" "
+ALT_LINK="-L\$(TOPOBJDIR) -lwine"
 TRACE_MSGS=yes	# the TRACE() macro
 DEBUG_MSGS=yes	# the TRACE(), WARN(), and FIXME() macros.
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1910639..040057f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 dnl Default values
 MAIN_TARGET=emu
 LIB_TARGET=libwine.a
-ALT_LINK=" "
+ALT_LINK="-L\$(TOPOBJDIR) -lwine"
 TRACE_MSGS=yes	# the TRACE() macro
 DEBUG_MSGS=yes	# the TRACE(), WARN(), and FIXME() macros.