diff --git a/smmapdfw/configure.ac b/smmapdfw/configure.ac
index d2fc1e8..cfd7e0d 100644
--- a/smmapdfw/configure.ac
+++ b/smmapdfw/configure.ac
@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(netsnmp-inc-dir,
             esac ]
 )
 
+AC_ARG_WITH(netsnmp-bin-dir,
+            [AC_HELP_STRING(--with-netsnmp-bin-dir, [
+                            Directory for Net-SNMP bin files, specifically net-snmp-config])],
+            [ case "$withval" in
+                no)
+                  ;;
+                yes)
+                  ;;
+                *)
+                  NETSNMP_BINDIR="$withval"
+                  ;;
+            esac ]
+)
+
 
 ENABLE_VERIFY_CACHE=1
 dnl AC_ARG_ENABLE(verify-cache, 
@@ -193,8 +207,8 @@ fi
 
 ENABLE_NETSNMP=0
 if test "x$WITHOUT_NETSNMP" = "x0"; then
-NETSNMP_LIBS_1=`net-snmp-config --agent-libs`
-NETSNMP_LIBS_2=`net-snmp-config --libs`
+NETSNMP_LIBS_1=`$NETSNMP_BINDIR/net-snmp-config --agent-libs`
+NETSNMP_LIBS_2=`$NETSNMP_BINDIR/net-snmp-config --libs`
 LIBS="$LIBS $NETSNMP_LIBS_1 $NETSNMP_LIBS_2"
 ENABLE_NETSNMP=1
 fi