diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 14c24081ba..4f098d0026 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5383,7 +5383,7 @@ fi
 
 if test "$_win32" != no ; then
     if test -z "$_win32libdir" ; then
-      for I in "$_libdir/codecs" "$_libdir/win32" /usr/local/lib/win32 /usr/lib/win32 ; do
+      for I in "$_libdir/codecs" "$_libdir/win32" /usr/local/lib/codecs /usr/lib/codecs /usr/local/lib/win32 /usr/lib/win32 ; do
         if test -d "$I" ; then
           _win32libdir="$I"
           break;