--- configure.in.orig	Mon Feb  5 08:26:49 2001
+++ configure.in	Mon Feb  5 08:28:07 2001
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@
 	LIB_openldap="-R $openldap_libdir $LIB_openldap"
 fi
 
+dnl Kerberos 4 libraries are quite likely to need to link against
+dnl libcom_err. 
+AC_CHECK_LIB(com_err, init_error_table)
+
 AC_TEST_PACKAGE_NEW(krb4,[#include <krb.h>],-lkrb,-ldes,/usr/athena, KRB4)
 
 LIB_kdb=