diff --git a/Gui/Makefile b/Gui/Makefile
index ff0311b74c..d15eb9e0b9 100644
--- a/Gui/Makefile
+++ b/Gui/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ CFLAGS = $(OPTIMIZE) $(INCDIR) $(DEBUG)
 $(LIB):	.depend	$(OBJS)
 	$(MAKE) -C mplayer
 	rm -f $(LIB)
-	ar rc $(LIB) $(OBJS) $(MPLAYEROBJS)
+	$(AR) rc $(LIB) $(OBJS) $(MPLAYEROBJS)
 
 all:	$(LIB)
 
diff --git a/Gui/bitmap/Makefile b/Gui/bitmap/Makefile
index da6bf55618..a2fa5a7b93 100644
--- a/Gui/bitmap/Makefile
+++ b/Gui/bitmap/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ all:
 	   make -C jpeg/jpeg-6b libjpeg.a )
 #	 ( make -C jpeg/jpeg-6b libjpeg.a && mv jpeg/jpeg-6b/libjpeg.a "$(JPEGLIB)" ) )
 	$(MAKE) $(OBJS)
-	ar rc libbitmap.a $(OBJS) jpeg/jpeg-6b/*.o
+	$(AR) rc libbitmap.a $(OBJS) jpeg/jpeg-6b/*.o
 	ranlib libbitmap.a
 	mv libbitmap.a ../libs
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1da7cab99b..873280bea3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Audio:
   --disable-alsa         disable alsa sound support [autodetect]
   --disable-sunaudio     disable Sun sound support [autodetect]
   --disable-mad          disable mad audio support [autodetect]
-  --disable-select       disable using select() on OSS audio device [enable]
+  --disable-select       disable using select() on audio device [enable]
 
 Miscellaneous options:
   --cc=COMPILER          use this C compiler to build MPlayer [gcc]
@@ -3526,8 +3526,10 @@ test "$_xanim" = yes && _ld_dl_dynamic='-rdynamic'
 
 _ld_arch="$_ld_arch $_ld_pthread $_ld_dl $_ld_dl_dynamic"
 bsdos && _ld_arch="$_ld_arch -ldvd"
-netbsd && _ld_arch="$_ld_arch -li386 -lossaudio"
-openbsd && _ld_arch="$_ld_arch -li386 -lossaudio"
+if netbsd || openbsd ; then
+  _ld_arch="$_ld_arch -lossaudio"
+  x86 && _ld_arch="$_ld_arch -li386"
+fi
 
 _def_debug='#undef MP_DEBUG'
 test "$_debug" && _def_debug='#define MP_DEBUG 1'
@@ -3598,7 +3600,7 @@ prefix = $_prefix
 DATADIR = $_datadir
 CONFDIR = $_confdir
 LIBDIR = $_libdir
-AR = ar
+#AR = ar
 CC = $_cc
 AWK = $_awk
 # OPTFLAGS = -O4 $_profile $_debug $_march $_mcpu -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math