diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f8ff2a6ea5a491f7bad7b73bdb27649cc695b937..814d76d32e7b00d7359fc2e0a2ca1d8fde9fa705 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14510,7 +14510,7 @@ fi ;; #(
 
 
 	    MAXMINDDB_CFLAGS="-I$with_geoip2/include"
-	    MAXMINDDB_LIBS="-L$with_geoip2/libs"
+	    MAXMINDDB_LIBS="-L$with_geoip2/lib"
 	    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $MAXMINDDB_CFLAGS"
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $MAXMINDDB_LIBS"
 	    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for library containing MMDB_open" >&5