diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fd457e2b..b099a8e5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-08-26  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	* configure.ac: add -lusb as "other libraries" when checking
+	for libftdi.
+
 2011-08-26  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
 
 	Submitted by Juergen Weigert:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8a03792c..e6e4a39a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(LIBUSB_1_0, $LIBUSB_1_0)
 AH_TEMPLATE([HAVE_LIBFTDI],
             [Define if FTDI support is enabled via libftdi])
-AC_CHECK_LIB([ftdi], [ftdi_init], [have_libftdi=yes])
+AC_CHECK_LIB([ftdi], [ftdi_init], [have_libftdi=yes], [], [-lusb])
 if test x$have_libftdi = xyes; then
-   LIBFTDI="-lftdi"
+   LIBFTDI="-lftdi -lusb"
    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBFTDI])
 fi
 AC_SUBST(LIBFTDI, $LIBFTDI)