diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0c60704a6..8587735e7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ esac
 #
 
 # Check for os dependant libraries for all binaries.
-AC_SEARCH_LIBS( connect, socket, , [AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find the socket library, needed to build this package.] )] )
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS( connect, [socket network], , [AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find the socket library, needed to build this package.] )] )
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS( nanosleep, rt, , [AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find the rt library, needed to build this package.] )] )
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS( shm_open, rt, [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SHM_OPEN], [1], [Define to 1 if the shm_open() function exists])] )
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS( pthread_create, pthread, , [AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find the pthread library, needed to build this package.] )] )