diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 62562f08cf..c1bbf17559 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4568,7 +4568,7 @@ case "$capstone" in
   "" | yes)
     if $pkg_config capstone; then
       capstone=system
-    elif test -e "${source_path}/.git" ; then
+    elif test -e "${source_path}/.git" -a $git_update = 'yes' ; then
       capstone=git
     elif test -e "${source_path}/capstone/Makefile" ; then
       capstone=internal