:: commit 2afe6344eb67447e0dec6ea1120eb1aa2ade2b24

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5b20b631..876901d1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ AC_SUBST([BUILDDIR])
 REGEN_DATE="m4_esyscmd([date '+%B %Y' | tr -d '\n'])"
 AC_SUBST([REGEN_DATE])
 
+AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+
 AC_DEFUN([PROG_ABSPATH], [
     case "$$1" in
         .*) $1="$(cd "$(dirname "$$1")" && pwd -P)/$(basename "$$1")" ;;