diff --git a/project/config/cfgdefs.sh b/project/config/cfgdefs.sh
index adbfc33..74dcee1 100644
--- a/project/config/cfgdefs.sh
+++ b/project/config/cfgdefs.sh
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ cfgdefs_perform_target_tests()
 	cfgtest_makevar_append '-Wl,--as-needed -lz            -Wl,--no-as-needed'
 
 	[ $python_major = '3' ] && \
-	cfgtest_makevar_append '-Wl,--as-needed -lzma          -Wl,--no-as-needed'
+	cfgtest_makevar_append '-Wl,--as-needed -llzma         -Wl,--no-as-needed'
 
 	# pretty cfgdefs.mk
 	cfgtest_newline