diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 551306b..f726840 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2136,11 +2136,9 @@ test ".$DLEXT"  = "." || AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DLEXT,  ".$DLEXT")
 test ".$DLEXT2" = "." || AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DLEXT2, ".$DLEXT2")
 AC_SUBST(DLEXT)
 
-AC_SUBST(STRIP)dnl
+AC_CHECK_TOOL(STRIP, strip, :)dnl
 if test "$with_dln_a_out" = yes; then
   STRIP=true
-else
-  STRIP=strip
 fi
 
 AS_CASE(["$target_os"],