diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8e4775be8c..ae0eddac6c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4833,7 +4833,7 @@ check_cxxflags -std=c++11 || check_cxxflags -std=c++0x
 
 # some compilers silently accept -std=c11, so we also need to check that the
 # version macro is defined properly
-check_cpp_condition ctype.h  "__STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L" -std=c11 &&
+test_cflags_cc -std=c11 ctype.h "__STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L" &&
     add_cflags -std=c11 ||
     check_cflags -std=c99