diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cb0f7ed0ab..956ab367dc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2946,8 +2946,6 @@ int main(void)
 EOF
   if compile_prog "" "$vde_libs" ; then
     vde=yes
-    libs_softmmu="$vde_libs $libs_softmmu"
-    libs_tools="$vde_libs $libs_tools"
   else
     if test "$vde" = "yes" ; then
       feature_not_found "vde" "Install vde (Virtual Distributed Ethernet) devel"
@@ -5499,6 +5497,7 @@ if test "$slirp" = "yes" ; then
 fi
 if test "$vde" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_VDE=y" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "VDE_LIBS=$vde_libs" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 if test "$netmap" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_NETMAP=y" >> $config_host_mak
diff --git a/net/Makefile.objs b/net/Makefile.objs
index 67ba5e26fb..64adf32f40 100644
--- a/net/Makefile.objs
+++ b/net/Makefile.objs
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ tap-obj-$(CONFIG_SOLARIS) = tap-solaris.o
 tap-obj-y ?= tap-stub.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += tap.o $(tap-obj-y)
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += tap-win32.o
+
+vde.o-libs = $(VDE_LIBS)