diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index c0d1a5e..900659a 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING(for libraries required to embed python)
 
 dnl deduce PYTHON_LIBS
 if $PYTHON-config --help 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
-  PYTHON_LIBS=`$PYTHON-config --ldflags 2>/dev/null`
+  PYTHON_LIBS=`$PYTHON-config --libs --embed 2>/dev/null` || PYTHON_LIBS=`$PYTHON-config --libs 2>/dev/null`
   PYTHON_LIB=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig as s; print(s.get_python_lib(standard_lib=1))"`
   if echo "$host_os" | grep darwin >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     dnl OSX is a pain. Python as shipped by apple installs libpython in /usr/lib