diff --git a/BasiliskII/src/Windows/Makefile.in b/BasiliskII/src/Windows/Makefile.in
index 75237c21..272ce070 100755
--- a/BasiliskII/src/Windows/Makefile.in
+++ b/BasiliskII/src/Windows/Makefile.in
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ KEYCODES = ../SDL/keycodes
 DESTDIR =
 
 LN_S = @LN_S@
+WINDRES = @WINDRES@
 CC = @CC@
 CXX = @CXX@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ $(OBJ_DIR)/%.o : %.s
 
 # Windows resources
 $(OBJ_DIR)/%.o: %.rc
-	windres --include-dir ../Windows -i $< -o $@
+	$(WINDRES) --include-dir ../Windows -i $< -o $@
 $(OBJ_DIR)/build68k.exe: $(OBJ_DIR)/build68k.ho
 	$(HOST_CC) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 $(OBJ_DIR)/gencpu.exe: $(OBJ_DIR)/gencpu.ho $(OBJ_DIR)/readcpu.ho $(OBJ_DIR)/cpudefs.ho
diff --git a/BasiliskII/src/Windows/configure.ac b/BasiliskII/src/Windows/configure.ac
index 88cc7766..0a8ea5d3 100755
--- a/BasiliskII/src/Windows/configure.ac
+++ b/BasiliskII/src/Windows/configure.ac
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_EGREP
 AC_PROG_LN_S
+AC_CHECK_TOOL(WINDRES, windres)
 
 dnl We use 64-bit file size support if possible.
 AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
@@ -473,7 +474,7 @@ CPUINCLUDES="-I../uae_cpu"
 CPUSRCS="../uae_cpu/basilisk_glue.cpp ../uae_cpu/memory.cpp ../uae_cpu/newcpu.cpp ../uae_cpu/readcpu.cpp $FPUSRCS cpustbl.cpp cpudefs.cpp $CPUSRCS $JITSRCS"
 
 dnl We really want SDL for now
-AC_PATH_PROG(sdl_config, "sdl-config", [AC_MSG_ERROR([Sorry, you currently need SDL for this port])])
+AC_CHECK_TOOL(sdl_config, sdl-config, [AC_MSG_ERROR([Sorry, you currently need SDL for this port])])
 sdl_cflags=`$sdl_config --cflags`
 sdl_libs=`$sdl_config --libs`
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $sdl_cflags"