diff --git a/infrastructure/build/libtool b/infrastructure/build/libtool
index dda390f7f7f..71f6b48f65c 100755
--- a/infrastructure/build/libtool
+++ b/infrastructure/build/libtool
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
-# $OpenBSD: libtool,v 1.71 2008/11/22 10:04:19 steven Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: libtool,v 1.72 2008/11/23 08:47:05 steven Exp $
 
 # Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Steven Mestdagh <steven@openbsd.org>
 #
@@ -1302,14 +1302,12 @@ sub internal_parse_linkargs
 			my $dlname = $lainfo->{'dlname'};
 			my $oldlib = $lainfo->{'old_library'};
 			my $libdir = $lainfo->{'libdir'};
-			if ($libdir ne '' && $la) {
-				push @$deplibs, $fulla;
-			}
-			# the following should happen only in pass 2
 			if ($la) {
 				push(@$result, $a);
+				push(@$deplibs, $fulla) if ($libdir ne '');
 				next;
 			}
+			# the following should happen only in pass 2
 			push @$orderedlibs, $key;
 			# get the name we need (this may include a -release)
 			if (!$dlname && !$oldlib) {