diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e840104835..bf1d4a5456 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ LIBS_MPLAYER = libvo/libvo.a \
                $(COMMON_LIBS) \
 
 LIBS_MENCODER = libmpcodecs/libmpencoders.a \
-                $(EXTRA_LIB_MENCODER) \
+                $(EXTRALIBS_MENCODER) \
                 $(COMMON_LIBS) \
 
 OBJS_MPLAYER  = $(SRCS_MPLAYER:.c=.o)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4345a688d0..0e1e4ed8ed 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7360,7 +7360,7 @@ EXTRA_LIB = $_ld_extra \
   $_ld_vorbis $_ld_theora $_xmms_lib \
   $_ld_arch
 EXTRALIBS_MPLAYER = $_libs_mplayer $_ld_x11 $_ld_sock $_ld_static $_ld_gtk $_ld_glib
-EXTRA_LIB_MENCODER = $_libs_mencoder
+EXTRALIBS_MENCODER = $_libs_mencoder
 FREETYPE_LIB = $_ld_freetype
 FONTCONFIG_LIB = $_ld_fontconfig