diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 000f1665d..77333f162 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-09-19  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: Try linking LDAP as just -lldap as it seems very
+	recent OpenLDAPs (>=2.0.23) support that.
+
 2002-09-14  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
 
 	* configure.ac: Try linking LDAP without -lresolv first, just in
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bdb785452..26e5250a8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -355,11 +355,11 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNC(setsockopt, , AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, setsockopt,
 	[NETLIBS="-lsocket $NETLIBS"]))
 
 # Try and link a LDAP test program to weed out unusable LDAP
-# libraries.  -lldap -llber [-lresolv] is for OpenLDAP.  -lldapssl41
+# libraries.  -lldap [-llber [-lresolv]] is for OpenLDAP.  -lldapssl41
 # is for Mozilla LDAP.
 
 if test "$try_ldap" = yes ; then
-  for LDAPLIBS in "-lldap -llber" "-lldap -llber -lresolv" "-lldapssl41"; do
+  for LDAPLIBS in "-lldap" "-lldap -llber" "-lldap -llber -lresolv" "-lldapssl41"; do
     _ldap_save_libs=$LIBS
     LIBS="$LDAPLIBS $NETLIBS $LIBS"