diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ae8d34c602..448a91ae84 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1088,6 +1088,8 @@ AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(MPLEX, [mplex], mplex, [
         MPLEX_LIBS="$MPLEX_LIBS -lmplex2 -lm"
         OLD_LIBS="$LIBS"
         LIBS="$LIBS $MPLEX_LIBS"
+        OLD_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $MPLEX_LDFLAGS"
         dnl older libmplex uses off_t SegmentSize (), which leads to fuzzy ABI;
         dnl don't want this here
         AC_MSG_CHECKING([for valid mplex objects])
@@ -1120,9 +1122,11 @@ main (int   argc,
           HAVE_MPLEX="yes"
           AC_SUBST(MPLEX_CFLAGS)
           AC_SUBST(MPLEX_LIBS)
+          AC_SUBST(MPLEX_LDFLAGS)
           AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
         ], AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
         LIBS="$OLD_LIBS"
+        LDFLAGS="$OLD_LDFLAGS"
       ])
       CPPFLAGS="$OLD_CPPFLAGS"
       AC_LANG_C
diff --git a/ext/mplex/Makefile.am b/ext/mplex/Makefile.am
index d8976e70ae..86ff2f2158 100644
--- a/ext/mplex/Makefile.am
+++ b/ext/mplex/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ libgstmplex_la_CXXFLAGS = \
 	$(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_CXXFLAGS) $(MPLEX_CFLAGS)
 libgstmplex_la_LIBADD = \
 	$(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_LIBS) $(GST_BASE_LIBS) $(GST_LIBS) $(MPLEX_LIBS)
-libgstmplex_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
+libgstmplex_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) $(MPLEX_LDFLAGS)
 libgstmplex_la_LIBTOOLFLAGS = --tag=disable-static
 
 noinst_HEADERS = \