diff -ur ImageMagick-6.4.5.orig/configure.ac ImageMagick-6.4.5/configure.ac
--- ImageMagick-6.4.5.orig/configure.ac	2008-11-11 13:45:27 +0300
+++ ImageMagick-6.4.5/configure.ac	2008-11-11 13:47:02 +0300
@@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@
     AC_MSG_RESULT([])
     failed=0
     passed=0
-    PERSIST_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+    PERSIST_LIBS="$LIBS"
     PERSIST_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
     if test "$enable_delegate_build" != 'no' && test -d "$builddir/freetype/include"; then
         :
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@
         if test -n "$freetype_config"; then
             freetype_cflags=`$freetype_config --cflags`
             freetype_libs=`$freetype_config --libs`
-            LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $freetype_libs"
+            LIBS="$LIBS $freetype_libs"
             CPPFLAGS="$freetype_cflags $CPPFLAGS"
         fi
     fi
@@ -1656,7 +1656,7 @@
             passed=`expr $passed + 1`
         else
             failed=`expr $failed + 1`
-            LDFLAGS="$PERSIST_LDFLAGS"
+            LIBS="$PERSIST_LIBS"
         fi
     fi