diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 290bdcf2..dab3c1c6 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ libvkd3d_la_SOURCES = \
 	libs/vkd3d/vkd3d_main.c \
 	libs/vkd3d/vkd3d_private.h \
 	libs/vkd3d/vulkan_procs.h
-libvkd3d_la_LIBADD = libvkd3d-common.la @PTHREAD_LIBS@
+libvkd3d_la_LIBADD = libvkd3d-common.la @PTHREAD_LIBS@ @VULKAN_LIBS@
 
 libvkd3d_utils_la_SOURCES = \
 	libs/vkd3d-utils/vkd3d_utils_main.c \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6f99963e..be2f7329 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -54,10 +54,13 @@ m4_ifdef([PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG], [PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG], [m4_fatal([pkg-config aut
 
 AC_ARG_VAR([PTHREAD_LIBS], [linker flags for pthreads])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_create],
-             [AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_LIBS, "-lpthread")],
-             [AC_MSG_ERROR(libpthread not found.)])
+             [AC_SUBST([PTHREAD_LIBS], ["-lpthread"])],
+             [AC_MSG_ERROR([libpthread not found.])])
 
-AC_CHECK_LIB([vulkan], [vkGetInstanceProcAddr], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([libvulkan not found.])])
+AC_SUBST([VULKAN_LIBS])
+AC_CHECK_LIB([vulkan], [vkGetInstanceProcAddr],
+             [VULKAN_LIBS="-lvulkan"],
+             [AC_MSG_ERROR([libvulkan not found.])])
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([XCB], [xcb xcb-keysyms])