diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1a0c5c415..4efe51a7f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ver 0.18.8 (not yet released)
 * decoder
   - ffmpeg: support libav v10_alpha1
+* encoder
+  - vorbis: fix linker failure
 * more robust Icy-Metadata parser
 * fix Solaris build failure
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fc94f4c1e..301c3a033 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_FLAC_ENCODER, test x$enable_flac_encoder = xyes)
 
 dnl ---------------------------- Ogg Vorbis Encoder ---------------------------
-MPD_AUTO_PKG(vorbis_encoder, VORBISENC, [vorbisenc],
+MPD_AUTO_PKG(vorbis_encoder, VORBISENC, [vorbisenc vorbis],
 	[Ogg Vorbis encoder], [libvorbisenc not found])
 
 if test x$enable_vorbis_encoder = xyes; then