--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ AC_PATH_PROG(CP,cp)
 AC_PATH_PROG(MT,mt,AC_MSG_WARN(could not find the program mt - you might need this if you want autoloader support))
 AC_PATH_PROGS(TAR,[gtar tar])
 AC_PATH_PROG(AWK,awk)
-AC_PATH_PROGS(OBJDUMP,objdump gobjdump)
+AC_CHECK_TOOLS(OBJDUMP, [gobjdump objdump])
 AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
 AC_STRUCT_ST_BLKSIZE