diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e033e059acd..9dfdc0a17df 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15672,6 +15672,88 @@ esac
 fi
 
 
+{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for -lodbc" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for -lodbc... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_soname_odbc+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  ac_check_soname_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lodbc  $LIBS"
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
+   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+char SQLConnect ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+return SQLConnect ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_link"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_link") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext &&
+       $as_test_x conftest$ac_exeext; then
+  case "$LIBEXT" in
+    dll) ;;
+    dylib) ac_cv_lib_soname_odbc=`otool -L conftest$ac_exeext | grep "libodbc\\.[0-9A-Za-z.]*dylib" | sed -e "s/^.*\/\(libodbc\.[0-9A-Za-z.]*dylib\).*$/\1/"';2,$d'` ;;
+    *) ac_cv_lib_soname_odbc=`$ac_cv_path_LDD conftest$ac_exeext | grep "libodbc\\.$LIBEXT" | sed -e "s/^.*\(libodbc\.$LIBEXT[^	 ]*\).*$/\1/"';2,$d'` ;;
+  esac
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+
+fi
+
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
+      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+  LIBS=$ac_check_soname_save_LIBS
+fi
+if test "x$ac_cv_lib_soname_odbc" = "x"; then
+  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: not found" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}not found" >&6; }
+       cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define SONAME_LIBODBC "libodbc.$LIBEXT"
+_ACEOF
+
+else
+  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_soname_odbc" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_soname_odbc" >&6; }
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define SONAME_LIBODBC "$ac_cv_lib_soname_odbc"
+_ACEOF
+
+
+fi
+
+
 if test "x$ALSALIBS$AUDIOIOLIBS$COREAUDIO$NASLIBS$ESD_LIBS$ac_cv_lib_soname_jack" = "x" -a \
         "$ac_cv_header_sys_soundcard_h" != "yes" -a \
         "$ac_cv_header_machine_soundcard_h" != "yes" -a \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c9036e50213..6aed60b3b2e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1167,6 +1167,9 @@ fi
 WINE_NOTICE_WITH(png,[test "x$ac_cv_lib_soname_png" = "x"],
                  [libpng development files not found, PNG won't be supported.])
 
+dnl **** Check for libodbc ****
+WINE_CHECK_SONAME(odbc,SQLConnect,,[AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SONAME_LIBODBC,["libodbc.$LIBEXT"])])
+
 dnl **** Check for any sound system ****
 if test "x$ALSALIBS$AUDIOIOLIBS$COREAUDIO$NASLIBS$ESD_LIBS$ac_cv_lib_soname_jack" = "x" -a \
         "$ac_cv_header_sys_soundcard_h" != "yes" -a \
diff --git a/dlls/odbc32/proxyodbc.c b/dlls/odbc32/proxyodbc.c
index eeae263c6cc..27941fe07f7 100644
--- a/dlls/odbc32/proxyodbc.c
+++ b/dlls/odbc32/proxyodbc.c
@@ -518,31 +518,23 @@ static BOOL ODBC_LoadDriverManager(void)
    TRACE("\n");
 
    gProxyHandle.bFunctionReady = FALSE;
-   gProxyHandle.nErrorType = ERROR_LIBRARY_NOT_FOUND;
 
-   if (s!= NULL && strlen (s) >= sizeof(gProxyHandle.dmLibName))
-   {
-          ERR("Driver name too long (%s)\n",s);
-          return FALSE;
-   }
-   if (s == NULL || strlen(s) == 0)
-          s = "libodbc.so";
-   strcpy(gProxyHandle.dmLibName, s);
+#ifdef SONAME_LIBODBC
+   if (!s || !s[0]) s = SONAME_LIBODBC;
+#endif
+   if (!s || !s[0]) goto failed;
 
-   gProxyHandle.dmHandle = wine_dlopen(gProxyHandle.dmLibName, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL, error, sizeof(error));
+   gProxyHandle.dmHandle = wine_dlopen(s, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL, error, sizeof(error));
 
-   if (gProxyHandle.dmHandle == NULL)           /* fail to load unixODBC driver manager */
-   {
-           WARN("failed to open library %s: %s\n", gProxyHandle.dmLibName, error);
-           gProxyHandle.dmLibName[0] = '\0';
-           gProxyHandle.nErrorType = ERROR_LIBRARY_NOT_FOUND;
-           return FALSE;
-   }
-   else
+   if (gProxyHandle.dmHandle != NULL)
    {
       gProxyHandle.nErrorType = ERROR_FREE;
       return TRUE;
    }
+failed:
+   WARN("failed to open library %s: %s\n", debugstr_a(s), error);
+   gProxyHandle.nErrorType = ERROR_LIBRARY_NOT_FOUND;
+   return FALSE;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/dlls/odbc32/proxyodbc.h b/dlls/odbc32/proxyodbc.h
index d0f6efe225e..bcd73da9602 100644
--- a/dlls/odbc32/proxyodbc.h
+++ b/dlls/odbc32/proxyodbc.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ typedef struct proxyhandle
 	int  nErrorType;
 	DM_FUNC functions[NUM_SQLFUNC];			/* entry point for driver manager functions */
 	char driverLibName[200];	/* ODBC driver SO name */
-	char dmLibName[200];		/* driver manager library name */
 	char ServerName[200];       /* keep server name */
 	char UserName[50];          /* keep username */
 } PROXYHANDLE;
diff --git a/include/config.h.in b/include/config.h.in
index 75e5d64555a..14a26489601 100644
--- a/include/config.h.in
+++ b/include/config.h.in
@@ -1023,6 +1023,9 @@
 /* Define to the soname of the libncurses library. */
 #undef SONAME_LIBNCURSES
 
+/* Define to the soname of the libodbc library. */
+#undef SONAME_LIBODBC
+
 /* Define to the soname of the libpng library. */
 #undef SONAME_LIBPNG