diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8e663a4d0c..b4eaf48af8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ AC_SUBST(plugindir)
 
 dnl this really should only contain flags, not libs - they get added before
 dnl whatevertarget_LIBS and -L flags here affect the rest of the linking
-GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS="-module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex '^[_]*gst_plugin_desc' -no-undefined"
+GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS="-module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex '^[_]*gst_plugin_desc\$\$' -no-undefined"
 AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
 
 dnl these are all the gst plug-ins, compilable without additional libs