diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d2729ddf8..040fa8eec 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ CheckALSA()
                   , enable_alsa=yes)
     if test x$enable_audio = xyes -a x$enable_alsa = xyes; then
         AM_PATH_ALSA(0.9.0, have_alsa=yes, have_alsa=no)
+        # Restore all flags from before the ALSA detection runs
+        CFLAGS="$alsa_save_CFLAGS"
+        LDFLAGS="$alsa_save_LDFLAGS"
+        LIBS="$alsa_save_LIBS"
         if test x$have_alsa = xyes; then
             AC_ARG_ENABLE(alsa-shared,
 [  --enable-alsa-shared     dynamically load ALSA audio support [default=yes]],