diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 768325e84d..908cd27a60 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Jun 26 11:05:39 2004  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* configure.in (aix): -b must come at the start of the command line,
+	  and -e must not appear while testing libraries.  [ruby-talk:104501]
+
 Sat Jun 26 00:13:08 2004  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* io.c (rb_fopen, rb_fdopen, rb_io_reopen): setvbuf() may return
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0358f1d7e0..f402c3f61e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -913,9 +913,12 @@ if test "$with_dln_a_out" != yes; then
 			rb_cv_dlopen=yes ;;
 	aix*)		: ${LDSHARED='/usr/ccs/bin/ld'}
 			XLDFLAGS="$XLDFLAGS -Wl,-bE:ruby.imp"
-			DLDFLAGS="$DLDFLAGS "'-brtl -eInit_$(TARGET) -bI:$(topdir)/ruby.imp -bM:SRE -T512 -H512 -lc'
-			: LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -brtl"
+			DLDFLAGS='-brtl -bI:$(topdir)/ruby.imp -bM:SRE -T512 -H512 '"$DLDFLAGS"
+			ARCH_FLAGS='-eInit_$(TARGET)'
+			: LDFLAGS="-brtl $LDFLAGS"
 			: ${ARCHFILE="ruby.imp"}
+			TRY_LINK='$(CC) $(DLDFLAGS) -oconftest $(INCFLAGS) -I$(hdrdir) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)'
+			TRY_LINK="$TRY_LINK"' $(src) $(LIBPATH) $(LOCAL_LIBS) $(LIBS)'
 			: ${LIBPATHENV=SHLIB_PATH}
 			rb_cv_dlopen=yes ;;