diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2a5d0e32c5f..53abfb7fa86 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4819,8 +4819,9 @@ for _SQLDR in $CFG_SQL_AVAILABLE; do
 		[ -z "$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG" ] && CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG=`"$WHICH" mysql_config`
                 if [ -x "$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG" ]; then
                     QT_CFLAGS_MYSQL=`$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG --include 2>/dev/null | filterIncludeOptions`
-                    QT_LFLAGS_MYSQL_R=`$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG --libs_r 2>/dev/null | filterLibraryOptions`
-                    QT_LFLAGS_MYSQL=`$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG --libs 2>/dev/null | filterLibraryOptions`
+                    # -rdynamic should not be returned by mysql_config, but is on RHEL 6.6
+                    QT_LFLAGS_MYSQL_R=`$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG --libs_r 2>/dev/null | filterLibraryOptions | sed "s/-rdynamic//"`
+                    QT_LFLAGS_MYSQL=`$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG --libs 2>/dev/null | filterLibraryOptions | sed "s/-rdynamic//"`
 		    QT_MYSQL_VERSION=`$CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG --version 2>/dev/null`
                     QT_MYSQL_VERSION_MAJOR=`echo $QT_MYSQL_VERSION | cut -d . -f 1`
                 fi