1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 58da1f167..e040a3d54 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([libedit],
         [  --with-libedit[[=PATH]]   Enable libedit support for sftp],
         [ if test "x$withval" != "xno" ; then
                 if test "x$withval" = "xyes" ; then
-                        AC_PATH_PROG([PKGCONFIG], [pkg-config], [no])
+                        AC_PATH_TOOL([PKGCONFIG], [pkg-config], [no])
                         if test "x$PKGCONFIG" != "xno"; then
                                 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if $PKGCONFIG knows about libedit])
                                 if "$PKGCONFIG" libedit; then