diff --git a/Makefile.config.in b/Makefile.config.in
index 3a7892e8b..3e7847e36 100644
--- a/Makefile.config.in
+++ b/Makefile.config.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ OPENSSL_LIBS = @OPENSSL_LIBS@
 PACKAGE_NAME = @PACKAGE_NAME@
 PACKAGE_VERSION = @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 SODIUM_LIBS = @SODIUM_LIBS@
+LIBLZMA_LIBS = @LIBLZMA_LIBS@
 SQLITE3_LIBS = @SQLITE3_LIBS@
 bash = @bash@
 bindir = @bindir@
diff --git a/src/libutil/local.mk b/src/libutil/local.mk
index 98cad00d6..cac5c8795 100644
--- a/src/libutil/local.mk
+++ b/src/libutil/local.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ libutil_DIR := $(d)
 
 libutil_SOURCES := $(wildcard $(d)/*.cc)
 
-libutil_LDFLAGS = -llzma -lbz2 -pthread $(OPENSSL_LIBS)
+libutil_LDFLAGS = $(LIBLZMA_LIBS) -lbz2 -pthread $(OPENSSL_LIBS)
 
 libutil_LIBS = libformat