diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 016c99230..d9554f146 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ EOF
 		echo $ac_n "checking whether to use AIX general authentication""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 echo "configure:978: checking whether to use AIX general authentication" >&5
 		echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
-		AUTH_OBJS="authenticate.o"
+		AUTH_OBJS="aix_auth.o"
 		;;
     no)		;;
     *)		echo "Sorry, --with-authenticate does not take an argument."
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9eec043fc..1cd375b44 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(authenticate, [  --with-authenticate     enable AIX general authenti
     yes)	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_AUTHENTICATE)
 		AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to use AIX general authentication)
 		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-		AUTH_OBJS="authenticate.o"
+		AUTH_OBJS="aix_auth.o"
 		;;
     no)		;;
     *)		echo "Sorry, --with-authenticate does not take an argument."