diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8191dbc89..05a3a6427 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1307,9 +1307,9 @@ fi
 
   fi
 elif test "`echo $host_os|sed 's/[0-9].*//'|sed s/elf//`" = freebsd; then
-  LIBS="-pthread -lobjc"
+  LIBS="-lobjc -lpthread"
   if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
-  objc_threaded="-pthread"
+  objc_threaded="-lpthread"
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
 #line 1316 "configure"
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ else
 EOF
 if { (eval echo configure:1320: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext} && (./conftest; exit) 2>/dev/null
 then
-  objc_threaded="-pthread"
+  objc_threaded="-lpthread"
 else
   echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
   cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a883a0b51..accb5ccc6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ if test $host_os = linux-gnu; then
 	objc_threaded="", objc_threaded="-lpcthread")
   fi
 elif test "`echo $host_os|sed 's/[[0-9]].*//'|sed s/elf//`" = freebsd; then
-  LIBS="-pthread -lobjc"
-  AC_TRY_RUN([#include "config/config_thread.m"], objc_threaded="-pthread",
-       objc_threaded="", objc_threaded="-pthread")
+  LIBS="-lobjc -lpthread"
+  AC_TRY_RUN([#include "config/config_thread.m"], objc_threaded="-lpthread",
+       objc_threaded="", objc_threaded="-lpthread")
 else
   LIBS="-lobjc $LIBS $extra_LIBS"
   AC_TRY_RUN([#include "config/config_thread.m"], objc_threaded="-lthread",