diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e60b067aeb..d32178e922 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.ac Revision: 217077 .
+# From configure.ac Revision: 217647 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for asterisk 1.6.
 #
@@ -4192,6 +4192,9 @@ case "${host_os}" in
      OSARCH=cygwin
      PBX_WINARCH=1
      ;;
+     linux-gnueabi)
+     OSARCH=linux-gnu
+     ;;
      *)
      OSARCH=${host_os}
      ;;
@@ -20763,7 +20766,7 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 
 
-if test "x${host_os}" = "xlinux-gnu" ; then
+if test "x${OSARCH}" = "xlinux-gnu" ; then
 
 if test "x${PBX_CAP}" != "x1" -a "${USE_CAP}" != "no"; then
    pbxlibdir=""
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 38f4c6c2ce..49ec5c4337 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ case "${host_os}" in
      OSARCH=cygwin
      PBX_WINARCH=1
      ;;
+     linux-gnueabi)
+     OSARCH=linux-gnu
+     ;;
      *)
      OSARCH=${host_os}
      ;;
@@ -656,7 +659,7 @@ AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([ALSA], [asound], [snd_spcm_init], [alsa/asoundlib.h], [-lm -l
 
 AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([CURSES], [curses], [initscr], [curses.h])
 
-if test "x${host_os}" = "xlinux-gnu" ; then
+if test "x${OSARCH}" = "xlinux-gnu" ; then
   AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([CAP], [cap], [cap_from_text], [sys/capability.h])
 fi