diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5177e4e..9c61b3e 100755
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4734,7 +4734,7 @@ else
         AC_MSG_RESULT([external Connector/C (libmysql)])
         LIBMYSQL=libmysql.so
         if test "$_os" = "Darwin"; then
-            LIBMYSQL=libmysql.dylib
+            LIBMYSQL=libmysqlclient.dylib
         elif test "$_os" = "WINNT"; then
             LIBMYSQL=libmysql.dll
         fi