diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e3cecca62fa0e41cbd6bde6a97e26654dc7779f2..791b71d1fa451b1b83a458040041b082fb679c59 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ if test "$mingw32" = "yes" ; then
   QEMU_CFLAGS="-DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -DWINVER=0x501 $QEMU_CFLAGS"
   # enable C99/POSIX format strings (needs mingw32-runtime 3.15 or later)
   QEMU_CFLAGS="-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1 $QEMU_CFLAGS"
-  LIBS="-lwinmm -lws2_32 -liphlpapi $LIBS"
+  LIBS="-lwinmm -lws2_32 -liberty -liphlpapi $LIBS"
   prefix="c:/Program Files/Qemu"
   mandir="\${prefix}"
   datadir="\${prefix}"