diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_autotools_intel.yml b/.github/workflows/github_autotools_intel.yml
index 03bf309e0..372af083d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_autotools_intel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_autotools_intel.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Configure
-      run: autoreconf -if ./configure.ac && ./configure --with-yaml ${{ matrix.io-flag }}
+      run: |
+        autoreconf -if ./configure.ac
+        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/libs/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+        ./configure --with-yaml ${{ matrix.io-flag }}
     - name: Compile
       run: make -j || make
     - name: Run test suite