diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7c8a28345..1136aabc8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-01-26  Robert Millan  <rmh@aybabtu.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: Fix cross-compilation check.
+	
 2009-01-22  Christian Franke  <franke@computer.org>
 
 	* kern/misc.c (grub_vsprintf): Fix size and termination of `format2'
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index de8ef269f..e1c8c9691 100644
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5928,7 +5928,7 @@ esac
 echo "${ECHO_T}$TARGET_OBJ2ELF" >&6; }
 
 # For cross-compiling.
-if test "x$target" != "x$host"; then
+if test "x$build" != "x$host"; then
   # XXX this depends on the implementation of autoconf!
   tmp_ac_tool_prefix="$ac_tool_prefix"
   ac_tool_prefix=$target_alias-
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8caaa0697..e563c14df 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ AC_SUBST(TARGET_OBJ2ELF)
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$TARGET_OBJ2ELF])
 
 # For cross-compiling.
-if test "x$target" != "x$host"; then
+if test "x$build" != "x$host"; then
   # XXX this depends on the implementation of autoconf!
   tmp_ac_tool_prefix="$ac_tool_prefix"
   ac_tool_prefix=$target_alias-