diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e1ee583b9c8..16823f54e06 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4612,6 +4612,7 @@ STAGINGPATH=$_stagingpath
 WIN32PATH=$_win32path
 AMIGAOSPATH=$_amigaospath
 STATICLIBPATH=$_staticlibpath
+SDLCONFIG=$_sdlconfig
 
 ABI := $ABI
 
diff --git a/ports.mk b/ports.mk
index 1be3c44ced1..adc28d4fd41 100644
--- a/ports.mk
+++ b/ports.mk
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ endif
 # Location of static libs for the iPhone
 ifneq ($(BACKEND), iphone)
 # Static libaries, used for the scummvm-static and iphone targets
-OSX_STATIC_LIBS := `$(STATICLIBPATH)/bin/sdl-config --static-libs`
+OSX_STATIC_LIBS := `$(SDLCONFIG) --static-libs`
 endif
 
 ifdef USE_FREETYPE2