diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c046e3484d..ed506289d5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4883,7 +4883,7 @@ enabled libquvi           && require_pkg_config libquvi quvi/quvi.h quvi_init
 enabled librtmp           && require_pkg_config librtmp librtmp/rtmp.h RTMP_Socket
 enabled libschroedinger   && require_pkg_config schroedinger-1.0 schroedinger/schro.h schro_init
 enabled libshine          && require_pkg_config shine shine/layer3.h shine_encode_buffer
-enabled libsmbclient      && { check_pkg_config smbclient libsmbclient.h smbc_init ||
+enabled libsmbclient      && { use_pkg_config smbclient libsmbclient.h smbc_init ||
                                require smbclient libsmbclient.h smbc_init -lsmbclient; }
 enabled libsoxr           && require libsoxr soxr.h soxr_create -lsoxr
 enabled libssh            && require_pkg_config libssh libssh/sftp.h sftp_init