1diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
2index 3c71472..71b5c3d 100644
3--- a/configure.ac
4+++ b/configure.ac
5@@ -620,6 +620,8 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([caps],
6
7 if test "x${with_caps}" != "xno"; then
8 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([cap_init], [cap], [], [])
9+ AS_IF([test "x${with_caps}" != "xyes" -a "x${with_caps}" != "x"],
10+ LIBS="-L${with_caps}/lib $LIBS")
11
12 # Only give an error on hosts that we know could support capabilities
13 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/capability.h], [], [