diff --git a/m4/pkgconfig_ohnowrap.m4 b/m4/pkgconfig_ohnowrap.m4
--- a/m4/pkgconfig_ohnowrap.m4
+++ b/m4/pkgconfig_ohnowrap.m4
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ AC_ARG_VAR([$1][_LDFLAGS],[Linker flags 
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([$1], [$2])
 
-_PKG_CONFIG([$1][_LDADD], [libs-only], [$2])
+_PKG_CONFIG([$1][_LDADD], [libs-only-l], [$2])
 _PKG_CONFIG([$1][_LDFLAGS], [libs-only-other], [$2])
 
 $1[]_LDADD=$pkg_cv_[]$1[]_LDADD