--- pciutils-2.2.4/lib/configure
+++ pciutils-2.2.4/lib/configure
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 if [ "$zlib" = yes ] ; then
 	echo >>$c '#define PCI_COMPRESSED_IDS'
 	echo >>$c '#define PCI_IDS "pci.ids.gz"'
-	echo >>$m 'LDFLAGS+=-lz'
+	echo >>$m 'LDLIBS+=-lz'
 else
 	echo >>$c '#define PCI_IDS "pci.ids"'
 fi