diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7d41812..27501c1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
+AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen)
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile HBAAPI.pc])
 AC_OUTPUT
 
diff --git a/configure.ac.ld-linking b/configure.ac.ld-linking
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d41812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.ac.ld-linking
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+AC_INIT([libHBAAPI], [2.2.9], [fcoe-devel@open-fcoe.org])
+
+m4_ifdef([AM_PROG_AR], [AM_PROG_AR])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
+
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile HBAAPI.pc])
+AC_OUTPUT
+