diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0cdde618dd0..e8b818b8b53 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1913,7 +1913,6 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(NEED_GALLIUM_LLVMPIPE_DRIVER, test "x$HAVE_GALLIUM_I915" = xyes -
 
 if test "x$enable_gallium_loader" = xyes; then
     GALLIUM_WINSYS_DIRS="$GALLIUM_WINSYS_DIRS sw/null"
-    GALLIUM_PIPE_LOADER_LIBS="\$(top_builddir)/src/gallium/auxiliary/pipe-loader/libpipe_loader.la"
 
     if test "x$NEED_WINSYS_XLIB" = xyes; then
         GALLIUM_PIPE_LOADER_LIBS="$GALLIUM_PIPE_LOADER_LIBS \$(top_builddir)/src/gallium/winsys/sw/xlib/libws_xlib.la"
diff --git a/src/gallium/targets/gbm/Makefile.am b/src/gallium/targets/gbm/Makefile.am
index ee66f9de4da..4299d07b82e 100644
--- a/src/gallium/targets/gbm/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/gallium/targets/gbm/Makefile.am
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ gbm_gallium_drm_la_SOURCES = gbm.c
 
 gbm_gallium_drm_la_LIBADD = \
 	$(GALLIUM_PIPE_LOADER_LIBS) \
+	$(top_builddir)/src/gallium/auxiliary/pipe-loader/libpipe_loader.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/gallium/winsys/sw/null/libws_null.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/gallium/state_trackers/gbm/libgbm.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/gallium/auxiliary/libgallium.la \
diff --git a/src/gallium/targets/opencl/Makefile.am b/src/gallium/targets/opencl/Makefile.am
index 9947aecb2d3..46bb29fffac 100644
--- a/src/gallium/targets/opencl/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/gallium/targets/opencl/Makefile.am
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ libOpenCL_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	-version-number 1:0
 
 libOpenCL_la_LIBADD = \
+	$(top_builddir)/src/gallium/auxiliary/pipe-loader/libpipe_loader.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/gallium/winsys/sw/null/libws_null.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/libclover.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/gallium/auxiliary/libgallium.la \
diff --git a/src/gallium/tests/trivial/Makefile.am b/src/gallium/tests/trivial/Makefile.am
index 6f34d3b847d..d65eb869816 100644
--- a/src/gallium/tests/trivial/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/gallium/tests/trivial/Makefile.am
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	$(GALLIUM_PIPE_LOADER_DEFINES)
 
 LDADD = $(GALLIUM_PIPE_LOADER_LIBS) \
+	$(top_builddir)/src/gallium/auxiliary/pipe-loader/libpipe_loader.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/gallium/winsys/sw/null/libws_null.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/gallium/auxiliary/libgallium.la \
 	$(LIBUDEV_LIBS) \