diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e89f9fcabd..25d0d57e2a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Dec  7 23:47:37 2008  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* configure.in (LIBPATHFLAG): use numbered specifier if RPATHFLAG
+	  is set.  [ruby-talk:322136]
+
 Sun Dec  7 23:17:33 2008  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* Makefile.in (LIBRUBY_SO): localizes non-public symbols.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e1fcdb3055..028ae413a0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1293,7 +1293,6 @@ AC_SUBST(DLEXT2)dnl
 AC_SUBST(LIBEXT)dnl
 
 STATIC=
-: ${LIBPATHFLAG=' -L%s'}
 : ${PATHFLAG=''}
 
 if test "$with_dln_a_out" != yes; then
@@ -1323,7 +1322,6 @@ if test "$with_dln_a_out" != yes; then
        [  --disable-rpath         embed run path into extension libraries.],
        [enable_rpath=$enableval], [enable_rpath="$rb_cv_binary_elf"])
   if test "$enable_rpath" = yes; then
-    LIBPATHFLAG=" -L%1\$-s"
     RPATHFLAG=" ${linker_flag}-R%1\$-s"
   fi
 
@@ -1449,6 +1447,12 @@ if test "$with_dln_a_out" != yes; then
 			rb_cv_dlopen=yes;;
 	cygwin*|mingw*)	: ${LDSHARED="${CC} -shared "'$(if $(filter-out -g -g0,$(debugflags)),,-s)'}
 			XLDFLAGS="$XLDFLAGS -Wl,--stack,0x00200000,--enable-auto-import"
+case ${RPATHFLAG} in
+*'%1$'*)
+    : ${LIBPATHFLAG=' -L%1$-s'};;
+*)
+    : ${LIBPATHFLAG=' -L%s'};;
+esac
 			DLDFLAGS="${DLDFLAGS} -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base,--enable-auto-import,--export-all"
 			: ${LIBPATHENV=""}
 			rb_cv_dlopen=yes ;;