diff --git a/src/main/c/configure.ac b/src/main/c/configure.ac
index f0a27b8..ef3377d 100644
--- a/src/main/c/configure.ac
+++ b/src/main/c/configure.ac
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/usb4java.h])
 AC_LANG_C
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CC_STDC
-AM_PROG_AR
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
+m4_ifdef([AM_PROG_AR], [AM_PROG_AR])
 AC_CHECK_JAVA
 AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([void *])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBUSB], [libusb-1.0])