diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 67d83d9..4a37ede 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 -Wall no-define foreign])
 # an autogenerated template, and a second one that will be installed alongside
 # the library.
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
-AC_PROG_CXX
+AC_PROG_CC
 m4_ifdef([AM_PROG_AR], [AM_PROG_AR])
 #LT_INIT([disable-static])
 LT_INIT