diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a903428aa3..3a33718afd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ AC_SUBST(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS)
 
 dnl this really should only contain flags, not libs - they get added before
 dnl whatevertarget_LIBS and -L flags here affect the rest of the linking
-GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS="-module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex '^[_]*gst_plugin_desc\$\$' $GST_ALL_LDFLAGS"
+GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS="-module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex '^[_]*gst_plugin_desc.*' $GST_ALL_LDFLAGS"
 AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
 
 dnl *** output files ***