diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 1ff065bfc5cfd35b46e09595ab6faafb2e90ec33..2111ce08622ed2f8c855aac106190060f3fb06b6 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = 						\
 	-DFC_CACHEDIR='"$(FC_CACHEDIR)"'                \
 	-DFONTCONFIG_PATH='"$(BASECONFIGDIR)"'		\
 	-DFC_TEMPLATEDIR='"$(TEMPLATEDIR)"'
-LDADD  = $(INTLLIBS)
+LDADD  = $(LIBINTL)
 
 EXTRA_DIST += makealias
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libfontconfig.la
 libfontconfig_la_LDFLAGS =			\
 	-version-info @LIBT_VERSION_INFO@ -no-undefined $(export_symbols)
 
-libfontconfig_la_LIBADD = $(ICONV_LIBS) $(FREETYPE_LIBS) $(LIBXML2_LIBS) $(EXPAT_LIBS) $(UUID_LIBS) $(INTLLIBS)
+libfontconfig_la_LIBADD = $(ICONV_LIBS) $(FREETYPE_LIBS) $(LIBXML2_LIBS) $(EXPAT_LIBS) $(UUID_LIBS) $(LTLIBINTL)
 
 libfontconfig_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(fontconfig_def_dependency)