--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1102,6 +1102,7 @@
 	    AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-acl],[Don't use libacl support]),
 	    [],[enable_acl=yes])
 
+if test "x$enable_acl" = "xyes"; then
 AC_CHECK_LIB(attr,getxattr,[ACL_LIBS="$ACL_LIBS -lattr"])
 AC_CHECK_LIB(acl,acl_get_file,[ACL_LIBS="$ACL_LIBS -lacl"])
 AC_CHECK_LIB(sec,acl,[ACL_LIBS="$ACL_LIBS -lsec"])
@@ -1189,6 +1190,8 @@
 fi
 
+fi
 AC_SUBST(ACL_LIBS)
+
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_POSIX_ACL, test x"$have_posix_acl_support" = x"yes")
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SOLARIS_ACL, test x"$have_solaris_acl_support" = x"yes")