diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index f0bcf36..c1be111 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -222,8 +222,10 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(sanetest, [  --disable-sanetest      Do not try to compile and run
     if test "x$enable_sanetest" = "xyes" ; then
       ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
       ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+      ac_save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
       CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $SANE_CFLAGS"
       LIBS="$LIBS $SANE_LIBS"
+      LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $SANE_LDFLAGS"
 dnl
 dnl Now check if the installed SANE is sufficiently new. (Also sanity
 dnl checks the results of sane-config to some extent
@@ -278,6 +280,7 @@ main ()
   return 1;
 }
 ],, no_sane=yes,[echo $ac_n "cross compiling; assumed OK... $ac_c"])
+       LDFLAGS="$ac_save_LDFLAGS"
        CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
        LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
      fi
diff --git a/sanei/Makefile.in b/sanei/Makefile.in
index d13a25b..8e26c17 100644
--- a/sanei/Makefile.in
+++ b/sanei/Makefile.in
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
 CC = @CC@
 INCLUDES = -I. -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
-CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
+CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ @SANE_CFLAGS@
 LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 LIBS = @LIBS@
 DEFS = @DEFS@