--- a/mkoctfile.in
+++ b/mkoctfile.in
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@
 
 : ${RLD_FLAG=%OCTAVE_CONF_RLD_FLAG%}
 : ${RDYNAMIC_FLAG=%OCTAVE_CONF_RDYNAMIC_FLAG%}
-: ${LIBOCTAVE=%OCTAVE_CONF_LIBOCTAVE%}
-: ${LIBOCTINTERP=%OCTAVE_CONF_LIBOCTINTERP%}
-: ${LIBREADLINE=%OCTAVE_CONF_LIBREADLINE%}
-: ${LIBCRUFT=%OCTAVE_CONF_LIBCRUFT%}
+: ${LIBOCTAVE=-loctave}
+: ${LIBOCTINTERP=-loctinterp}
+: ${LIBREADLINE=-lreadline}
+: ${LIBKPATHSEA=-lkpathsea}
+: ${LIBCRUFT=-lcruft}
 : ${BLAS_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_BLAS_LIBS%}
 : ${FFTW_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_FFTW_LIBS%}
 : ${LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_LIBS%}
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@
 
 : ${ALL_LDFLAGS="$LD_STATIC_FLAG $CPICFLAG $LDFLAGS"}
 
-: ${OCTAVE_LIBS="$LIBOCTAVE $SPECIAL_MATH_LIB $LIBCRUFT"}
+: ${OCTAVE_LIBS="$LIBOCTINTERP $LIBOCTAVE $SPECIAL_MATH_LIB $LIBCRUFT"}
 
 # Local variables.
 
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@
 if $link; then
   if $link_stand_alone; then
     if [ -n "$LD_CXX" ]; then
-      cmd="$LD_CXX $CPPFLAGS $ALL_CXXFLAGS $RDYNAMIC_FLAG $ALL_LDFLAGS $output_option $objfiles $ldflags $LFLAGS $RLD_FLAG $OCTAVE_LIBS $BLAS_LIBS $FFTW_LIBS $LIBREADLINE $LIBS $FLIBS"
+      cmd="$LD_CXX $CPPFLAGS $ALL_CXXFLAGS $RDYNAMIC_FLAG $ALL_LDFLAGS $output_option $objfiles $ldflags $LFLAGS $RLD_FLAG $OCTAVE_LIBS $BLAS_LIBS $FFTW_LIBS $LIBREADLINE $LIBKPATHSEA $LIBS $FLIBS"
       $dbg $cmd
       eval $cmd
     else