diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 824c41463953d3eca889be112011941706fabe77..f0d9fed1d300fcceb72682108428968fe1f5615b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ esac
 
 case "$build_os" in
 *linux*)
-	AC_CHECK_LIB(MesaGL, main)
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(MesaGL, main,,
+                     [AC_CHECK_LIB(GL, main)])
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(g2c, main)
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(blas, main,,
 		[AC_MSG_WARN([Problems with libblas, also tried lg2c for Linux...])