diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3e2d8e54b..d8360487e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15728,7 +15728,7 @@ find_lib()
     else
         host_lib_path="/usr/$base_libdir /usr/local/$base_libdir"
     fi
-    for path in $gcc_bin_path $gcc_lib_path $env_lib_path $host_lib_path; do
+    for path in $env_lib_path $gcc_bin_path $gcc_lib_path $host_lib_path; do
         lib=`ls -- $path/$1 2>/dev/null | sed -e '/\.so\..*\./d' -e 's,.*/,,' | sort | tail -1`
         if test x$lib != x; then
             echo $lib
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 4653c7daa..ea34dfbe5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ find_lib()
     else
         host_lib_path="/usr/$base_libdir /usr/local/$base_libdir"
     fi
-    for path in $gcc_bin_path $gcc_lib_path $env_lib_path $host_lib_path; do
+    for path in $env_lib_path $gcc_bin_path $gcc_lib_path $host_lib_path; do
         lib=[`ls -- $path/$1 2>/dev/null | sed -e '/\.so\..*\./d' -e 's,.*/,,' | sort | tail -1`]
         if test x$lib != x; then
             echo $lib