Index: aclocal/tcltls_openssl.m4
==================================================================
--- aclocal/tcltls_openssl.m4
+++ aclocal/tcltls_openssl.m4
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@
 	SAVE_LIBS="${LIBS}"
 	SAVE_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
 	SAVE_CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}"
 
 	dnl Update compile-altering variables to include the OpenSSL libraries
-	LIBS="${SAVE_LIBS} ${TCLTLS_SSL_LIBS}"
-	CFLAGS="${SAVE_CFLAGS} ${TCLTLS_SSL_CFLAGS}"
-	CPPFLAGS="${SAVE_CPPFLAGS} ${TCLTLS_SSL_CPPFLAGS}"
+	LIBS="${TCLTLS_SSL_LIBS} ${SAVE_LIBS} ${TCLTLS_SSL_LIBS}"
+	CFLAGS="${TCLTLS_SSL_CFLAGS} ${SAVE_CFLAGS} ${TCLTLS_SSL_CFLAGS}"
+	CPPFLAGS="${TCLTLS_SSL_CPPFLAGS} ${SAVE_CPPFLAGS} ${TCLTLS_SSL_CPPFLAGS}"
 
 	dnl Verify that basic functionality is there
 	AC_LANG_PUSH(C)
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([if a basic OpenSSL program works])
 	AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([

Index: configure.ac
==================================================================
--- configure.ac
+++ configure.ac
@@ -202,13 +202,13 @@
 		AC_MSG_ERROR([Unsupported SSL library: $tcltls_ssl_lib])
 	]
 )
 dnl Determine how to use this SSL library
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([how to use $tcltls_ssl_lib])
-LIBS="${LIBS} ${TCLTLS_SSL_LIBS}"
-CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${TCLTLS_SSL_CFLAGS}"
-CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${TCLTLS_SSL_CPPFLAGS}"
+LIBS="${TCLTLS_SSL_LIBS} ${LIBS} ${TCLTLS_SSL_LIBS}"
+CFLAGS="${TCLTLS_SSL_CFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${TCLTLS_SSL_CFLAGS}"
+CPPFLAGS="${TCLTLS_SSL_CPPFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${TCLTLS_SSL_CPPFLAGS}"
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$TCLTLS_SSL_CPPFLAGS $TCLTLS_SSL_CFLAGS $TCLTLS_SSL_LIBS])
 
 dnl Sync the RPATH if requested
 if test "$TCLEXT_BUILD" != 'static'; then
 	if test "$TCLEXT_TLS_STATIC_SSL" = 'yes'; then