diff -uNr a/src/configure b/src/configure
--- a/src/configure	2016-12-20 12:05:08.000000000 -0500
+++ b/src/configure	2017-10-12 14:13:16.956665770 -0400
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
 have_libportaudio
-MKOCTFILE_CHECK
+MKOCTFILE
 ac_ct_CXX
 CXXFLAGS
 CXX
@@ -3082,11 +3082,11 @@
 set dummy mkoctfile; ac_word=$2
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_prog_MKOCTFILE_CHECK+:} false; then :
+if ${ac_cv_prog_MKOCTFILE+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
-  if test -n "$MKOCTFILE_CHECK"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_MKOCTFILE_CHECK="$MKOCTFILE_CHECK" # Let the user override the test.
+  if test -n "$MKOCTFILE"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_MKOCTFILE="$MKOCTFILE" # Let the user override the test.
 else
 as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
 for as_dir in $PATH
@@ -3095,7 +3095,7 @@
   test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
     for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
   if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_MKOCTFILE_CHECK=""yes""
+    ac_cv_prog_MKOCTFILE="mkoctfile"
     $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
     break 2
   fi
@@ -3105,17 +3105,17 @@
 
 fi
 fi
-MKOCTFILE_CHECK=$ac_cv_prog_MKOCTFILE_CHECK
-if test -n "$MKOCTFILE_CHECK"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $MKOCTFILE_CHECK" >&5
-$as_echo "$MKOCTFILE_CHECK" >&6; }
+MKOCTFILE=$ac_cv_prog_MKOCTFILE
+if test -n "$MKOCTFILE"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $MKOCTFILE" >&5
+$as_echo "$MKOCTFILE" >&6; }
 else
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
 
-if test "$MKOCTFILE_CHECK" != "yes" ; then
+if test -z "$MKOCTFILE"; then
     as_fn_error $? "Please install mkoctfile." "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 
diff -uNr a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
--- a/src/configure.ac	2016-12-20 12:05:08.000000000 -0500
+++ b/src/configure.ac	2017-10-12 14:08:11.627023155 -0400
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 #fi
 
 dnl Check for MKOCTFILE
-AC_CHECK_PROG(MKOCTFILE_CHECK,mkoctfile,"yes")
-if test "$MKOCTFILE_CHECK" != "yes" ; then
+AC_CHECK_PROG(MKOCTFILE,mkoctfile,mkoctfile)
+if test -z "$MKOCTFILE"; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([Please install mkoctfile.])
 fi