diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9d4ce331..f1e03f76 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3454,7 +3454,7 @@ fi
 	# Check if we want modtcl
 	# Check whether --enable-tcl was given.
 if test "${enable_tcl+set}" = set; then :
-  enableval=$enable_tcl; TCL="yes"
+  enableval=$enable_tcl; TCL="$enableval"
 else
   TCL="no"
 fi
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c81a3366..f0f70d6d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ if test "$MODULES" = "yes"; then
 	# Check if we want modtcl
 	AC_ARG_ENABLE( [tcl],
 		AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-tcl], [enable modtcl]),
-		[TCL="yes"],
+		[TCL="$enableval"],
 		[TCL="no"])
 
 	AC_ARG_WITH( [tcl-flags],