diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 817bb1a56b..6233386448 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -449,6 +449,12 @@ fi
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB(jpeg, jpeg_std_error,, AC_MSG_ERROR([no usable libjpeg; please install libjpeg devel package or equivalent]))
 
+AC_CHECK_LIB(jbig, jbg_enc_out, have_libjbig=yes, have_libjbig=no)
+if test "x$have_libjbig" = "xyes"  ; then
+SPANDSP_LA_JBIG="-ljbig"
+AC_SUBST(SPANDSP_LA_JBIG)
+fi
+
 AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv, res_init, have_libresolv=yes, have_libresolv=no)
 if test "x$have_libresolv" = "xyes"  ; then
 APR_ADDTO(SWITCH_AM_LDFLAGS, -lresolv)
diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_spandsp/Makefile.am b/src/mod/applications/mod_spandsp/Makefile.am
index 023903f4ad..98b781bd7d 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_spandsp/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_spandsp/Makefile.am
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SPANDSP_LA=$(SPANDSP_BUILDDIR)/src/libspandsp.la
 mod_LTLIBRARIES = mod_spandsp.la
 mod_spandsp_la_SOURCES  = mod_spandsp.c udptl.c mod_spandsp_fax.c mod_spandsp_dsp.c mod_spandsp_codecs.c mod_spandsp_modem.c
 mod_spandsp_la_CFLAGS   = $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) -I$(SPANDSP_DIR)/src -I$(TIFF_DIR)/libtiff -I$(SPANDSP_BUILDDIR)/src -I$(TIFF_BUILDDIR)/libtiff -I.
-mod_spandsp_la_LIBADD   = $(switch_builddir)/libfreeswitch.la $(SPANDSP_LA) $(TIFF_LA) -ljpeg -lz -lutil
+mod_spandsp_la_LIBADD   = $(switch_builddir)/libfreeswitch.la $(SPANDSP_LA) $(TIFF_LA) $(SPANDSP_LA_JBIG) -ljpeg -lz -lutil
 mod_spandsp_la_LDFLAGS  = -avoid-version -module -no-undefined -shared
 
 $(SPANDSP_LA): $(TIFF_LA) $(SPANDSP_DIR) $(SPANDSP_DIR)/.update