diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 153190f70a..66007a172e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+1751.	[bug]		--enable-getifaddrs failed under linux. [RT #12867]
+
 1750.	[port]		lib/bind/make/rules.in:subdirs was not bash friendly.
 			[RT #12864]
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7c05990913..af8c7bd2ab 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ AC_DIVERT_PUSH(1)dnl
 esyscmd([sed "s/^/# /" COPYRIGHT])dnl
 AC_DIVERT_POP()dnl
 
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.363 $)
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.364 $)
 
 AC_INIT(lib/dns/name.c)
 AC_PREREQ(2.13)
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@ case $host in
 	# project handles the AF_INET6 case correctly.  We need to avoid
 	# using the former but prefer the latter unless overridden by
 	# --enable-getifaddrs=glibc.
-	if test $use_getifaddrs = glibc
+	if test $want_getifaddrs = glibc
 	then
 		AC_CHECK_FUNC(getifaddrs, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETIFADDRS))
 	else