--- ./configure.in.org	Fri Aug 24 02:22:54 2001
+++ ./configure.in	Fri Jan 25 22:16:04 2002
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@
 AC_ARG_PROGRAM
 
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
+AS='${CC}'
+ASFLAGS='${CFLAGS} ${DEFAULT_INCLUDES}'
+AC_SUBST(ASFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(AS)
 
 dnl# Where are we?
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for distribution root)