--- a/configure.ac	Tue Nov 13 06:14:07 2001 +0000
+++ b/configure.ac	Tue Nov 13 06:30:37 2001 +0000
@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@
 
 dnl checks for yahoo
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(crypt.h)
+CRYPT_LIBS=
+AC_CHECK_FUNC(crypt, , CRYPT_LIBS=-lcrypt)
+AC_SUBST(CRYPT_LIBS)
 
 dnl checks for zephyr
 AC_DEFINE(ZEPHYR_INT32, long)