diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 1286bf2d09842cd89a610ede1c6fbacd0c51322f..85c89e7483fb879c48a2a05829109990a0a78fb1 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ PostgreSQL:
                           for header files.  (Typical use will need
                           --with-includes=/usr/local/include)
 
+       --with-libs=DIRS
        --with-libraries=DIRS
                           Include DIRS in list of directories searched
                           for archive libraries.  (Typical use will need
diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 589bd35e1bd6a9024f8cdd295bd72488bc58b9c5..4595980d6e90cfd50179a5151fbfcaae5d14cbf4 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ fi
 
 
 if test "$LIBRARY_DIRS"; then
-	for dir in $withval; do
+	for dir in $LIBRARY_DIRS; do
 		if test -d "$dir"; then
 			PGSQL_LDFLAGS="$PGSQL_LDFLAGS -L$dir"
 		else
@@ -3387,7 +3387,7 @@ else
 fi
 rm -f conftest*
 
-if test $ac_cv_prog_gcc = yes; then
+if test x$ac_cv_prog_gcc = xyes; then
     echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CC-cc} needs -traditional""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 echo "configure:3393: checking whether ${CC-cc} needs -traditional" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_gcc_traditional'+set}'`\" = set"; then
@@ -5617,7 +5617,7 @@ then
 	ice_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
 	ice_save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
 
-	LIBS="$LIBS $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
+	LIBS="$TCL_LIB $X_PRE_LIBS $X11_LIBS $X_EXTRA_LIBS $LIBS"
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $X_CFLAGS"
 	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $X_CFLAGS"
 	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $X_LIBS"
@@ -5633,7 +5633,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-LIBS="-l$tk_lib $TCL_LIB $X_PRE_LIBS $X_LIBS $X11_LIBS $LIBS"
+LIBS="-l$tk_lib  $LIBS"
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
 #line 5639 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index aaa29c15ceb9661d311f1234d092c10e6eed8073..daac1b64780a5f8a0e17c6add38d628ecf325f98 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(libraries,
     ])
 
 if test "$LIBRARY_DIRS"; then
-	for dir in $withval; do
+	for dir in $LIBRARY_DIRS; do
 		if test -d "$dir"; then
 			PGSQL_LDFLAGS="$PGSQL_LDFLAGS -L$dir"
 		else
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ then
 	ice_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
 	ice_save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
 
-	LIBS="$LIBS $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
+	LIBS="$TCL_LIB $X_PRE_LIBS $X11_LIBS $X_EXTRA_LIBS $LIBS"
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $X_CFLAGS"
 	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $X_CFLAGS"
 	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $X_LIBS"
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ then
 	tk_libs="tk8.0 tk80 tk4.2 tk42 tk"
 	for tk_lib in $tk_libs; do
 		if test -z "$TK_LIB"; then
-			AC_CHECK_LIB($tk_lib, main, TK_LIB=$tk_lib,, $TCL_LIB $X_PRE_LIBS $X_LIBS $X11_LIBS)
+			AC_CHECK_LIB($tk_lib, main, TK_LIB=$tk_lib)
 		fi
 	done
 	if test -z "$TK_LIB"; then