diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index eb2c367..cbbf66d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 	[mnl=1], [mnl=0])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LIBMNL], [test "$mnl" = 1])
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libnfables], [libnftables >= 1.0],
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libnftables], [libnftables >= 1.0],
 	[nftables=1], [nftables=0])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LIBNFTABLES], [test "$nftables" = 1])
 
diff --git a/iptables/Makefile.am b/iptables/Makefile.am
index 11c501b..5d65354 100644
--- a/iptables/Makefile.am
+++ b/iptables/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- Makefile -*-
 
 AM_CFLAGS        = ${regular_CFLAGS}
-AM_CPPFLAGS      = ${regular_CPPFLAGS} -I${top_builddir}/include -I${top_srcdir}/include ${kinclude_CPPFLAGS} ${libmnl_CPPFLAGS} ${libnftables_CPPFLAGS}
+AM_CPPFLAGS      = ${regular_CPPFLAGS} -I${top_builddir}/include -I${top_srcdir}/include ${kinclude_CPPFLAGS} ${libmnl_CFLAGS} ${libnftables_CFLAGS}
 AM_YFLAGS = -d
 
 xtables_multi_SOURCES  = xtables-multi.c iptables-xml.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 			 nft-shared.c nft-ipv4.c nft-ipv6.c \
 			 xtables-config-parser.y xtables-config-syntax.l \
 			 xtables-config.c xtables-events.c
-xtables_multi_LDADD   += -lmnl -lnftables
+xtables_multi_LDADD   += -lmnl -lnftables ${libmnl_LIBS} ${libnftables_LIBS}
 xtables_multi_CFLAGS  += -DENABLE_NFTABLES
 # yacc and lex generate dirty code
 xtables_multi-xtables-config-parser.o xtables_multi-xtables-config-syntax.o: AM_CFLAGS += -Wno-missing-prototypes -Wno-missing-declarations -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-nested-externs -Wno-undef -Wno-redundant-decls