diff --git a/ChangeLog.adoc b/ChangeLog.adoc
index 6bdc77184..4b0ab6859 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.adoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.adoc
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ Tests::
   * scripts: add scripting API tests (issue #104)
   * unit: display an error if the required locale en_US.UTF-8 is not installed
 
+Build::
+
+  * javascript: fix detection of libv8 with autotools on Ubuntu Trusty
+
 [[v1.9.1]]
 == Version 1.9.1 (2017-09-23)
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 57d6132d4..6744a3a43 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -888,8 +888,8 @@ if test "x$enable_javascript" = "xyes" ; then
     AC_CHECK_HEADER(v8.h,ac_found_v8_header="yes",ac_found_v8_header="no")
     if test "x$ac_found_v8_header" = "xyes" ; then
         #AC_CHECK_LIB(v8,v8,ac_found_v8_lib="yes",ac_found_v8_lib="no")
-        ac_save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lv8"
+        ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+        LIBS="$LIBS -lv8"
         AC_MSG_CHECKING(for v8 usability in programs)
         AC_TRY_RUN([
             #include <v8.h>
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ if test "x$enable_javascript" = "xyes" ; then
                 const char *version = V8::GetVersion();
                 return 0;
             }],ac_found_v8_lib="yes", ac_found_v8_lib="no", ac_found_v8_lib="assume-yes")
-        LDFLAGS="$ac_save_LDFLAGS"
+        LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
         if test "x$ac_found_v8_lib" = "xyes" ; then
             AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
             v8_found="yes"
diff --git a/tests/unit/test-plugins.cpp b/tests/unit/test-plugins.cpp
index 639d7e5e5..efe8749f2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-plugins.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/test-plugins.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ TEST(Plugins, Loaded)
     CHECK(hdata_search (hdata, plugins, "${plugin.name} == fset", 1));
     CHECK(hdata_search (hdata, plugins, "${plugin.name} == guile", 1));
     CHECK(hdata_search (hdata, plugins, "${plugin.name} == irc", 1));
-    //CHECK(hdata_search (hdata, plugins, "${plugin.name} == javascript", 1));
+    CHECK(hdata_search (hdata, plugins, "${plugin.name} == javascript", 1));
     CHECK(hdata_search (hdata, plugins, "${plugin.name} == logger", 1));
     CHECK(hdata_search (hdata, plugins, "${plugin.name} == lua", 1));
     CHECK(hdata_search (hdata, plugins, "${plugin.name} == perl", 1));