Makefile.am, configure.in:

  Added --with-mysqld-libs configure flag

configure.in

@@ -1747,6 +1747,12 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(client-ldflags,
     [CLIENT_EXTRA_LDFLAGS=])
 AC_SUBST(CLIENT_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
 
+AC_ARG_WITH(mysqld-libs,
+    [  --with-mysqld-libs   Extra libraries to link with for mysqld],
+    [MYSQLD_EXTRA_LIBS=$withval],
+    [MYSQLD_EXTRA_LIBS=])
+AC_SUBST(MYSQLD_EXTRA_LIBS)
+
 AC_ARG_WITH(lib-ccflags,
     [  --with-lib-ccflags      Extra CC options for libraries],
     [LIB_EXTRA_CCFLAGS=$withval],

sql/Makefile.am

@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ mysqld_LDADD =		@MYSQLD_EXTRA_LDFLAGS@ \
 			@bdb_libs@ @innodb_libs@ @pstack_libs@ \
                         @innodb_system_libs@ \
 			@ndbcluster_libs@ @ndbcluster_system_libs@ \
-			$(LDADD)  $(CXXLDFLAGS) $(WRAPLIBS) @LIBDL@ @openssl_libs@
+			$(LDADD)  $(CXXLDFLAGS) $(WRAPLIBS) @LIBDL@ @openssl_libs@ \
+			@MYSQLD_EXTRA_LIBS@
 noinst_HEADERS =	item.h item_func.h item_sum.h item_cmpfunc.h \
 			item_strfunc.h item_timefunc.h item_uniq.h \
 			item_create.h item_subselect.h item_row.h \