--- configure
+++ configure
@@ -20918,24 +20918,19 @@
 fi
 
 if test "$HAVEMETHOD" = "no"; then
-        LIBCGUESS=`echo /lib/libc.so.*`
-    USRLIBCGUESS=`echo /usr/lib/libc.so*`
-
-    if test "$USRLIBCGUESS" = "/usr/lib/libc.so.*"; then
-       USRLIBCGUESS=""
-    fi
-
-    if test "$LIBCGUESS" = "/lib/libc.so.*"; then
-       LIBCGUESS=""
-    fi
-
-    for TESTLIB in libc.so `echo $USRLIBCGUESS` `echo $LIBCGUESS`
+    for TESTLIB in /lib/libc.so.${UCLIBC_MAJOR:-0}
     do
         echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking if we can access libc with $TESTLIB" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking if we can access libc with $TESTLIB... $ECHO_C" >&6
         if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
+# evaluated by running the test below on target platform
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}yes" >&6
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define DLOPENLIBC "$TESTLIB"
+_ACEOF
+HAVEMETHOD=yes
+break
 else
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */