diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7656c32b249ff035eb67dbd388d804acc03cd3c4..e42c812529ce36675f574a9c8ca59947b2996c99 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2763,7 +2763,7 @@ if test "$usb_redir" != "no" ; then
         usb_redir_cflags=$($pkg_config --cflags libusbredirparser 2>/dev/null)
         usb_redir_libs=$($pkg_config --libs libusbredirparser 2>/dev/null)
         QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS $usb_redir_cflags"
-        LIBS="$LIBS $usb_redir_libs"
+        libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu $usb_redir_libs"
     else
         if test "$usb_redir" = "yes"; then
             feature_not_found "usb-redir"