diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 709556595..34e351883 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -17930,7 +17930,7 @@ if test "${enable_dsa+set}" = set; then :
 fi
 
 use_dsa="no"
-case "$enable_ecdsa" in
+case "$enable_dsa" in
     no)
       ;;
     *)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 98cacecb2..ec2865b4c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ esac
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(dsa, AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-dsa], [Disable DSA support]))
 use_dsa="no"
-case "$enable_ecdsa" in
+case "$enable_dsa" in
     no)
       ;;
     *)
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index e00cd06af..ee839b6c0 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 20 October 2016: Wouter
 	- suppress compile warning in lex files.
 	- init lzt variable, for older gcc compiler warnings.
+	- fix --enable-dsa to work, instead of copying ecdsa enable.
 
 19 October 2016: Wouter
 	- Fix #1130: whitespace in example.conf.in more consistent.