diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9d0a7b9fd7..f51dd9373e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ AC_SUBST(PNG_C_SRC)
 JPEG_LINK=""
 if test "$wxUSE_LIBJPEG" = 1 ; then
   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(wxUSE_LIBJPEG,$wxUSE_LIBJPEG)
-  AC_HAVE_LIBRARY(jpeg) 
+  AC_CHECK_LIB(jpeg) 
   JPEG_LINK="-ljpeg"
 fi
 AC_SUBST(JPEG_LINK)