diff --git a/cde/configure.ac b/cde/configure.ac
index ef6c4a88d..67d58bef3 100644
--- a/cde/configure.ac
+++ b/cde/configure.ac
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(Xt, XtInitialize, [XTOOLLIB="-lXt ${XTOOLLIB}"], , $X_LIBS)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(ICE, IceCloseConnection, [XTOOLLIB="-lICE ${XTOOLLIB}"], , $X_LIBS)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(SM, SmcOpenConnection, [XTOOLLIB="-lSM ${XTOOLLIB}"], , $X_LIBS)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(Xm, XmTextSetString, [XTOOLLIB="-lXm ${XTOOLLIB}"], , [$MOTIF_LIB $X_LIBS])
-XTOOLLIB="$X_LIBS $MOTIF_LIB ${XTOOLLIB}"
+XTOOLLIB="${X_LIBS} ${MOTIF_LIB} ${X_EXTRA_LIBS} ${X_PRE_LIBS} ${XTOOLLIB}"
 AC_SUBST([XTOOLLIB])
 
 dnl set CPPFLAGS, CFLAGS, and CXXFLAGS.