diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index cc6008978..d463afbc0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ ARG_ENABL_SET([smartcard],      [enable smartcard support.])
 ARG_ENABL_SET([cisco-quirks],   [enable support of Cisco VPN client.])
 ARG_ENABL_SET([leak-detective], [enable malloc hooks to find memory leaks.])
 ARG_ENABL_SET([lock-profiler],  [enable lock/mutex profiling code.])
-ARG_ENABL_SET([unit-tests],     [enable unit tests on IKEv2 daemon startup.])
+ARG_ENABL_SET([unit-tester],    [enable unit tests on IKEv2 daemon startup.])
 ARG_ENABL_SET([load-tester],    [enable load testing plugin for IKEv2 daemon.])
 ARG_ENABL_SET([eap-sim],        [enable SIM authentication module for EAP.])
 ARG_ENABL_SET([eap-sim-file],   [enable EAP-SIM backend based on a triplet file.])
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_SMP, test x$smp = xtrue)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_SQL, test x$sql = xtrue)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_UPDOWN, test x$updown = xtrue)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_DHCP, test x$dhcp = xtrue)
-AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_UNIT_TESTS, test x$unit_tests = xtrue)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_UNIT_TESTS, test x$unit_tester = xtrue)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_LOAD_TESTER, test x$load_tester = xtrue)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_HA, test x$ha = xtrue)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_WHITELIST, test x$whitelist = xtrue)