diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f5690457..b1693db9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+1999-03-01  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
+
+	* configure.in (LIBGTOP_LIBS): Move `-lgtop_common' last to
+	make it work with static-only libs. Thanks to Roderik Muit
+	for pointing this out.
+	(PERL): First check for `perl5', then for `perl'. Thanks again
+	to Roderik Muit.
+
 1999-02-24  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
 
 	Released LibGTop 1.0.0.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ec08765a..015c7f66 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ AC_CHECK_PROGS(AWK, gawk awk, )
 test -z "$AWK" && AC_MSG_ERROR([Sorry, you need a working awk interpreter.])
 
 dnl Most people should have a working perl interpreter on their system
-AC_PATH_PROG(PERL,perl)
+AC_PATH_PROG(PERL, perl5 perl)
 test -z "$PERL" && AC_MSG_ERROR([You need to have a working perl interpreter.])
 
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(CC,gcc)
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ fi
 
 LIBGTOP_EXTRA_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_EXTRA_LIBS $GLIB_LIBS"
 
-LIBGTOP_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_LIBS -lgtop_common -lgtop -lgtop_sysdeps"
-LIBGTOP_GUILE_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_GUILE_LIBS -lgtop_common -lgtop -lgtop_sysdeps"
+LIBGTOP_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_LIBS -lgtop -lgtop_sysdeps -lgtop_common"
+LIBGTOP_GUILE_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_GUILE_LIBS -lgtop -lgtop_sysdeps -lgtop_common"
 
 LIBGTOP_NAMES_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_LIBS -lgtop_names"
 LIBGTOP_GUILE_NAMES_LIBS="$LIBGTOP_GUILE_LIBS -lgtop_guile_names -lgtop_names"