diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6fed07b5e2..fe3440f349 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4822,7 +4822,7 @@ if test "$bluez" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_BLUEZ=y" >> $config_host_mak
   echo "BLUEZ_CFLAGS=$bluez_cflags" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
-if test "glib_subprocess" = "yes" ; then
+if test "$glib_subprocess" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_HAS_GLIB_SUBPROCESS_TESTS=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 echo "GLIB_CFLAGS=$glib_cflags" >> $config_host_mak