diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 61efbd978d8..2694c59093f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14270,6 +14270,8 @@ $as_echo "#define HAVE_DAYLIGHT 1" >>confdefs.h
 
 fi
 
+ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+LIBS="$LIBS -lm"
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for isinf" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for isinf... " >&6; }
 if ${ac_cv_have_isinf+:} false; then :
@@ -14335,6 +14337,7 @@ then
 $as_echo "#define HAVE_ISNAN 1" >>confdefs.h
 
 fi
+LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
 
 
 case $host_cpu in
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3d493cf66ea..dccc4d34053 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2327,6 +2327,8 @@ then
 fi
 
 dnl Check for isinf
+ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+LIBS="$LIBS -lm"
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for isinf], ac_cv_have_isinf,
                AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <math.h>]], [[float f = 0.0; return isinf(f)]])],[ac_cv_have_isinf="yes"],[ac_cv_have_isinf="no"]))
 if test "$ac_cv_have_isinf" = "yes"
@@ -2341,6 +2343,7 @@ if test "$ac_cv_have_isnan" = "yes"
 then
     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ISNAN, 1, [Define to 1 if you have the `isnan' function.])
 fi
+LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
 
 dnl *** check for the need to define platform-specific symbols