diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9bbeb88..ce80636 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ no result, so I have now hacked CMakeLists.txt along the lines of some changes
 I found on the Internet. The new code no longer needs the policy setting, and 
 it appears to work fine on Linux. 
 
+35. Setting --enable-jit=auto for an out-of-tree build failed because the
+source directory wasn't in the search path for AC_TRY_COMPILE always. Patch 
+from Ross Burton.
+
 
 Version 10.32 10-September-2018
 -------------------------------
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c59a439..237f002 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -146,12 +146,15 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(jit,
 # This code enables JIT if the hardware supports it.
 if test "$enable_jit" = "auto"; then
   AC_LANG(C)
+  SAVE_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
+  CPPFLAGS=-I$srcdir  
   AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
   #define SLJIT_CONFIG_AUTO 1
   #include "src/sljit/sljitConfigInternal.h"
   #if (defined SLJIT_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED && SLJIT_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED)
   #error unsupported
   #endif]])], enable_jit=yes, enable_jit=no)
+  CPPFLAGS=$SAVE_CPPFLAGS 
   echo checking for JIT support on this hardware... $enable_jit
 fi