diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
index 5ba4dd44fe..521357b00e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -1018,6 +1018,8 @@
 ^/test\.pdb/
 ^/tools/dev/mk_language_shell\.pl$
 ^/tools/dev/mk_language_shell\.pl/
+^/tools/dev/pbc_to_exe\.pir$
+^/tools/dev/pbc_to_exe\.pir/
 ^/vc60\.pdb$
 ^/vc60\.pdb/
 ^/vc70\.pdb$
diff --git a/config/auto/icu.pm b/config/auto/icu.pm
index b0560c4fd6..4cbda42a76 100644
--- a/config/auto/icu.pm
+++ b/config/auto/icu.pm
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ sub _try_icuconfig {
         $arg->{icuconfig}
     ) {
         # ldflags
-        $conf->debug("Trying $arg->{icuconfig} with '--ldflags-libsonly'\n");
-        $icushared = capture_output("$arg->{icuconfig} --ldflags-libsonly");
+        $conf->debug("Trying $arg->{icuconfig} with '--ldflags-searchpath --ldflags-libsonly'\n");
+        $icushared = capture_output("$arg->{icuconfig} --ldflags-searchpath --ldflags-libsonly");
         chomp $icushared;
         $conf->debug("icushared:  captured $icushared\n");
         ($icushared, $arg->{without}) =
diff --git a/t/steps/auto/icu-01.t b/t/steps/auto/icu-01.t
index 68d3e376c3..1339644b6b 100644
--- a/t/steps/auto/icu-01.t
+++ b/t/steps/auto/icu-01.t
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ $conf->replenish($serialized);
                 \$stdout,
                 \$stderr,
             );
-            like($stdout, qr/Trying $icuconfig with '--ldflags'/s,
+            like($stdout, qr/Trying $icuconfig with '--ldflags/s,
                 "Got expected verbose output re --ldflags");
             like($stdout, qr/icushared:  captured/s,
                 "Got expected verbose output re icushared");