diff --git a/configure b/configure
index da122552e8..1b3f7f24f0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4776,7 +4776,7 @@ enabled libsmbclient      && { { check_pkg_config smbclient libsmbclient.h smbc_
                                  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
-enabled libspeex          && require libspeex speex/speex.h speex_decoder_init -lspeex
+enabled libspeex          && require_pkg_config speex speex/speex.h speex_decoder_init -lspeex
 enabled libstagefright_h264 && require_cpp libstagefright_h264 "binder/ProcessState.h media/stagefright/MetaData.h
     media/stagefright/MediaBufferGroup.h media/stagefright/MediaDebug.h media/stagefright/MediaDefs.h
     media/stagefright/OMXClient.h media/stagefright/OMXCodec.h" android::OMXClient -lstagefright -lmedia -lutils -lbinder -lgnustl_static