diff -Naur squirrelsh-1.2.6.orig//configure squirrelsh-1.2.6/configure
--- squirrelsh-1.2.6.orig//configure	2012-03-12 21:45:25.000000000 -0400
+++ squirrelsh-1.2.6/configure	2012-03-12 21:50:36.000000000 -0400
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@
 in_INSTALL_EXE="$installer -c -m 0755 \"\$(target)\" \"$bindir/\$(target_name)\""
 
 if [ "$with_pcre" = "local" ] || [ "$with_squirrel" = "local" ]; then
-	in_LDFLAGS="-L\"$source_dir/lib\""
+	in_LDFLAGS="$in_LDFLAGS -L\"$source_dir/lib\""
 fi
 
 if [ -n "$pkgconfig" ]; then