diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 10c4d7df32c..ec73a59f3fd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ fi
 # Valgrind is only reliable on Linux. On Windows it doesn't work at all, and
 # on the Mac the dynamic linker causes Valgrind to emit a huge stream of
 # errors.
-if [ $CFG_OSTYPE != Linux ] && [ $CFG_OSTYPE != Darwin ]
+if [ $CFG_OSTYPE != unknown-linux-gnu ] && [ $CFG_OSTYPE != apple-darwin ]
 then
     CFG_BAD_VALGRIND=1
     putvar CFG_BAD_VALGRIND