diff --git a/build/pcre.m4 b/build/pcre.m4
index 67674755..0bb8297b 100644
--- a/build/pcre.m4
+++ b/build/pcre.m4
@@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ if test -z "${PCRE_VERSION}"; then
 else
     AC_MSG_NOTICE([using pcre v${PCRE_VERSION}])
     ifelse([$1], , , $1) 
-    PCRE_LDADD="${PCRE_LDADD} -lpcrecpp"
+    PCRE_LDADD="${PCRE_LDADD} -lpcre"
 fi 
 ])