diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2db007b62..f92ec2c8f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-12-23  Anthony Fok <anthony@thizlinux.com>
+
+        * builds/unix/configure.ac, builds/unix/unix-cc.in,
+        builds/unix/unix-def.in: small fix to configure sub-system on Unix
+        to allow other programs to correctly link with zlib when needed
+
 2002-12-17  David Turner  <david@freetype.org>
 
         * src/base/ftobjs.c (find_unicode_charmap): added some comments to
diff --git a/builds/unix/configure.ac b/builds/unix/configure.ac
index 44baa745e..b9c8fbd3e 100644
--- a/builds/unix/configure.ac
+++ b/builds/unix/configure.ac
@@ -90,10 +90,12 @@ if test x$with_zlib != xno && test -z "$LIBZ"; then
 fi
 if test x$with_zlib != xno && test -n "$LIBZ"; then
   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DFT_CONFIG_OPTION_SYSTEM_ZLIB"
+  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $LIBZ"
   SYSTEM_ZLIB=yes
 fi
 AC_SUBST(LIBZ)
 AC_SUBST(CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(LDFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(SYSTEM_ZLIB)
 
 
diff --git a/builds/unix/unix-cc.in b/builds/unix/unix-cc.in
index 7a87396b7..9de770db1 100644
--- a/builds/unix/unix-cc.in
+++ b/builds/unix/unix-cc.in
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ LDFLAGS := @LDFLAGS@
 # Library linking
 #
 LINK_LIBRARY = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CCraw) -o $@ $(OBJECTS_LIST) \
-                          -rpath $(libdir) -version-info $(version_info)
+                          -rpath $(libdir) -version-info $(version_info) \
+                          $(LDFLAGS)
 
 # EOF
diff --git a/builds/unix/unix-def.in b/builds/unix/unix-def.in
index 6797041c5..790bf8976 100644
--- a/builds/unix/unix-def.in
+++ b/builds/unix/unix-def.in
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ endif
 LIB_DIR := $(OBJ_DIR)
 
 
-# The SYSTEM_ZLIB macro is defined if the user whishes to link dynamically
-# whith its system wide zlib. If SYSTEM_ZLIB is 'yes', the zlib part of the
+# The SYSTEM_ZLIB macro is defined if the user wishes to link dynamically
+# with its system wide zlib. If SYSTEM_ZLIB is 'yes', the zlib part of the
 # ftgzip module is not compiled in.
 SYSTEM_ZLIB := @SYSTEM_ZLIB@