diff --git a/m4/moo-pygtk.m4 b/m4/moo-pygtk.m4
index a7bf0168..c35696e5 100644
--- a/m4/moo-pygtk.m4
+++ b/m4/moo-pygtk.m4
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ AC_DEFUN([_MOO_AC_CHECK_PYGTK_REAL],[
     CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $PYGTK_CFLAGS $PYTHON_INCLUDES"
     save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PYGTK_CFLAGS $PYTHON_INCLUDES"
+    save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+    LIBS="$LIBS $PYGTK_LIBS $PYTHON_LIBS $PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS"
+    save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $PYGTK_LDFLAGS $PYTHON_LDFLAGS $PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
 
-    AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
+    AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
     #include <pygobject.h>
     #include <pycairo.h>
     int main ()
@@ -32,6 +36,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([_MOO_AC_CHECK_PYGTK_REAL],[
 
     CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
     CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
+    LIBS="$save_LIBS"
+    LDFLAGS="$save_LDFLAGS"
   ],[
     m4_if([$2],[],[:],[$2])
   ])