diff --git a/subsurface-configure.pri b/subsurface-configure.pri
index af9003516..242a186ef 100644
--- a/subsurface-configure.pri
+++ b/subsurface-configure.pri
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ link_pkgconfig {
 
 QMAKE_CFLAGS *= $$XML2_CFLAGS $$XSLT_CFLAGS
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS *= $$XML2_CFLAGS $$XSLT_CFLAGS
-LIBS *= $$XML2_LIBS $$XSLT_LIBS
+LIBS *= $$XSLT_LIBS $$XML2_LIBS
 
 #
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