diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgd/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgd/package.py
index d4907ae3e19..697ccd22a45 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgd/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgd/package.py
@@ -36,3 +36,12 @@ class Libgd(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on('jpeg')
     depends_on('libtiff')
     depends_on('fontconfig')
+
+    def patch(self):
+        p = self.spec['jpeg'].libs.search_flags
+        filter_file(
+            'LIBJPEG_LIBS " -ljpeg"',
+            'LIBJPEG_LIBS "{0} -ljpeg"'.format(p),
+            'configure',
+            string=True
+        )