diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 138e5b25..45db95c7 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_AWK
 
-AC_FUNC_GETLOADAVG($topdir/lib)
+AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR(lib)
+AC_FUNC_GETLOADAVG([lib])
 
 ifdef([AC_FUNC_STRTOD],[AC_FUNC_STRTOD],[AM_FUNC_STRTOD])
 dnl AM_WITH_REGEX