diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 50bf9483a2..605bf3fa21 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ if ! enabled_any memalign memalign_hack && enabled need_memalign ; then
     die "Error, no memalign() but SSE enabled, disable it or use --enable-memalign-hack."
 fi
 
-disabled  zlib || check_lib  zlib.h      zlibVersion -lz   || disable  zlib
+disabled  zlib || check_lib   zlib.h      zlibVersion -lz   || disable  zlib
 disabled bzlib || check_lib2 bzlib.h BZ2_bzlibVersion -lbz2 || disable bzlib
 
 # check for some common methods of building with pthread support