diff --git a/intl/ChangeLog b/intl/ChangeLog
index 8da6ef7be9..466f5644d9 100644
--- a/intl/ChangeLog
+++ b/intl/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2021-02-04  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
+
+	* configure.ac (LIBINTL): Transform into -L/-lintl form.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
+
 2021-02-02  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
 
 	* aclocal.m4: include picflag.m4.
diff --git a/intl/configure b/intl/configure
index 6498a39257..7ddb624249 100755
--- a/intl/configure
+++ b/intl/configure
@@ -6787,8 +6787,7 @@ LIBINTL_DEP=
 INCINTL=
 case $USE_INCLUDED_LIBINTL in
   yes)
-    LIBINTL=`echo $LIBINTL | sed 's,${top_builddir},&/..,' `
-    LTLIBINTL=`echo $LTLIBINTL | sed 's,${top_builddir},&/..,' `
+    LIBINTL=`echo $LIBINTL | sed 's,${top_builddir},-L&/..,; s,\.\./intl/libintl\.a,../intl -lintl,' `
     LIBINTL_DEP='${top_builddir}/../intl/libintl.a'
     INCINTL='-I${top_builddir}/../intl'
     ;;
diff --git a/intl/configure.ac b/intl/configure.ac
index 5ec7b0944e..77e2fd2d8c 100644
--- a/intl/configure.ac
+++ b/intl/configure.ac
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ LIBINTL_DEP=
 INCINTL=
 case $USE_INCLUDED_LIBINTL in
   yes)
-    LIBINTL=`echo $LIBINTL | sed 's,${top_builddir},&/..,' `
-    LTLIBINTL=`echo $LTLIBINTL | sed 's,${top_builddir},&/..,' `
+    LIBINTL=`echo $LIBINTL | sed 's,${top_builddir},-L&/..,; s,\.\./intl/libintl\.a,../intl -lintl,' `
     LIBINTL_DEP='${top_builddir}/../intl/libintl.a'
     INCINTL='-I${top_builddir}/../intl'
     ;;