diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fd6d7db3..791d32e0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wunused-result], [WARNING_CFLAGS="$WARNING_CFLAGS -Wunus
 
 AC_SUBST([WARNING_CFLAGS])
 
-AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-Wl,--version-script=./libcoap-${LIBCOAP_API_VERSION}.map],
+AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-Wl,--version-script=${srcdir}/libcoap-${LIBCOAP_API_VERSION}.map],
                    [libcoap_SYMBOLS="-Wl,--version-script=\$(srcdir)/libcoap-\$(LIBCOAP_API_VERSION).map"],
                    [libcoap_SYMBOLS="-export-symbols \$(srcdir)/libcoap-\$(LIBCOAP_API_VERSION).sym"])