--- configure.in
+++ configure.in
@@ -1272,7 +1272,11 @@ if test x"$glib_native_win32" = xyes; th
   G_MODULE_LDFLAGS=
 else
   export SED
+  if test -x libtool; then
   G_MODULE_LDFLAGS=`(./libtool --config; echo eval echo \\$export_dynamic_flag_spec) | sh`
+  else
+  G_MODULE_LDFLAGS=`(libtool --config; echo eval echo \\$export_dynamic_flag_spec) | sh`
+  fi
 fi
 dnl G_MODULE_IMPL= don't reset, so cmd-line can override
 G_MODULE_NEED_USCORE=0
@@ -1337,8 +1341,13 @@ if test "$G_MODULE_IMPL" = "G_MODULE_IMP
 	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $G_MODULE_LDFLAGS"
 dnl *** check for OSF1/5.0 RTLD_GLOBAL brokenness
 	echo "void glib_plugin_test(void) { }" > plugin.c
+	if test -x libtool; then
 	${SHELL} ./libtool --mode=compile ${CC} -shared \
 		-export-dynamic -o plugin.o plugin.c 2>&1 >/dev/null
+	else
+	libtool --mode=compile ${CC} -shared \
+		-export-dynamic -o plugin.o plugin.c 2>&1 >/dev/null
+	fi
 	AC_CACHE_CHECK([for RTLD_GLOBAL brokenness],
 		glib_cv_rtldglobal_broken,[
 		AC_TRY_RUN([
@@ -1411,7 +1420,11 @@ fi
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for the suffix of shared libraries)
 export SED
+if test -x libtool; then
 shrext_cmds=`./libtool --config | grep '^shrext_cmds='`
+else
+shrext_cmds=`libtool --config | grep '^shrext_cmds='`
+fi
 eval $shrext_cmds
 module=yes eval std_shrext=$shrext_cmds
 # chop the initial dot