diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c6c7c2efe6..1ef69d4bc1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4945,15 +4945,14 @@ int main(void) {
 }
 EOF
   _gl=no
-  if cc_check -lGL $_ld_lm ; then
-    _gl=yes
-    _gl_x11=yes
-    libs_mplayer="$libs_mplayer -lGL $_ld_dl"
-  elif cc_check -lGL $_ld_lm $_ld_pthread ; then
-    _gl=yes
-    _gl_x11=yes
-    libs_mplayer="$libs_mplayer -lGL $_ld_pthread $_ld_dl"
-  fi
+  for _ld_tmp in -lGL "-lGL -lXdamage" "-lGL $_ld_pthread" ; do
+    if cc_check $_ld_tmp $_ld_lm ; then
+      _gl=yes
+      _gl_x11=yes
+      libs_mplayer="$libs_mplayer $_ld_tmp $_ld_dl"
+      break
+    fi
+  done
   if cc_check -DGL_WIN32 -lopengl32 ; then
     _gl=yes
     _gl_win32=yes