1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 44733ee65e..2425e02c04 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -985,6 +985,7 @@ case $_host_os in
 		;;
 	mint*)
 		DEFINES="$DEFINES -DUNIX -DSYSTEM_NOT_SUPPORTING_D_TYPE"
+		LIBS="$LIBS -lsocket"
 		;;
 	amigaos*)
 		# TODO: anything to be added here?
@@ -1057,7 +1058,7 @@ if test -n "$_host"; then
 			type_2_byte='short'
 			type_4_byte='long'
 			_ranlib=m68k-atari-mint-ranlib
-			_ar=m68k-atari-mint-ar
+			_ar="m68k-atari-mint-ar cru"
 			;;
 		i586-mingw32msvc)
 			echo "Cross-compiling to $_host, forcing endianness, alignment and type sizes"