diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 790a5eb8de..3e181aa4b1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4390,7 +4390,7 @@ EOF
 od -t x1 $TMPO | grep -q '42 *49 *47 *45' && enable bigendian
 
 if  [ "$cpu" = "power7" ] || [ "$cpu" = "power8" ] ;then
-    if ! enabled bigendian ;then
+    if ! enabled bigendian && enabled altivec ;then
         enable vsx
     fi
 fi