diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 911aed2828d7..d08e4c1703a0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4626,19 +4626,21 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBVISIO_LIBS)
 dnl ===================================================================
 dnl Check for system libcmis
 dnl ===================================================================
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([which libcmis to use])
-if test "x$with_system_libcmis" != "xno"; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([external])
-    SYSTEM_LIBCMIS=YES
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES( LIBCMIS, libcmis-0.2 )
-else
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([internal])
-    SYSTEM_LIBCMIS=NO
-    BUILD_TYPE="$BUILD_TYPE LIBCMIS"
+if test "x$with_cmis" != "xno" ; then
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([which libcmis to use])
+    if test "x$with_system_libcmis" != "xno"; then
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([external])
+        SYSTEM_LIBCMIS=YES
+        PKG_CHECK_MODULES( LIBCMIS, libcmis-0.2 )
+    else
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([internal])
+        SYSTEM_LIBCMIS=NO
+        BUILD_TYPE="$BUILD_TYPE LIBCMIS"
+    fi
+    AC_SUBST(SYSTEM_LIBCMIS)
+    AC_SUBST(LIBCMIS_CFLAGS)
+    AC_SUBST(LIBCMIS_LIBS)
 fi
-AC_SUBST(SYSTEM_LIBCMIS)
-AC_SUBST(LIBCMIS_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(LIBCMIS_LIBS)
 
 
 dnl ===================================================================