diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index ca72b9d2a44..6b381b4b475 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=599182ff950764df31446f7bf8350499717dc76e
-md5=06e0643f4948ad4b4c87d2530d026a1f
-cksum=4286155814
+sha1=3e0f704b48ec6ce584c0e8b4db0ad345a05d1e14
+md5=0b78d2c6c0a54b6a81053208b59e7126
+cksum=125601684
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index fc1538054bc..e1715c07931 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-e77b3df44ade2f51f750de90ad255f772a933776
+d48b40e483a63a79af7fc592f4bdf9cd1fdd6927
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-env b/src/bin/sage-env
index c9d1e532db9..68eeb93f617 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-env
+++ b/src/bin/sage-env
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ if [ -n "$SAGE_LOCAL" ]; then
 	fi
     fi
     if [ "$UNAME" = "Linux" ]; then
-        LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link,$SAGE_LOCAL/lib $LDFLAGS"
+        LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$SAGE_LOCAL/lib -Wl,-rpath-link,$SAGE_LOCAL/lib $LDFLAGS"
     fi
     export LDFLAGS
 fi