diff --git a/src/hdf-4.2.14/configure.ac b/src/hdf-4.2.14/configure.ac
index 3030bad..6d7f654 100644
--- a/src/hdf-4.2.14/configure.ac
+++ b/src/hdf-4.2.14/configure.ac
@@ -685,6 +685,9 @@ case "$host" in
   *-pc-cygwin*)
     LIBS="$LIBS -ltirpc"
     CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/usr/include/tirpc"  ;;
+  *-linux-gnu*)
+    LIBS="$LIBS -ltirpc"
+    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/usr/include/tirpc"  ;;
   *) ;;
 esac