diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index acd82fa7..77fe7c96 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for MySQL using mysql_config])
 MYSQL_INC=`mysql_config --include 2>/dev/null`
 MYSQL_LIB=`mysql_config --libs_r 2>/dev/null`
 MYSQL_VER=`mysql_config --version 2>/dev/null`
-if [[ x`echo "$MYSQL_INC $MYSQL_LIB $MYSQL_VER" | wc -l` != "x1" ]]; then
+if [[ x`echo "$MYSQL_INC $MYSQL_LIB $MYSQL_VER" | wc -l | sed 's/^ *//g'` != "x1" ]]; then
 MYSQL_INC=""
 fi
 if [[ "x$MYSQL_INC" != "x" -a "x$MYSQL_LIB" != "x" -a "x$MYSQL_VER" != "x" ]]; then