diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b23313d1dbb..6322b518cbe 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ for i in `ls ${srcdir}/projects`
 do
   if test ${i} != "CVS"
   then
-    if test -d ${srcdir}/projects/${i}
+    if test -f ${srcdir}/projects/${i}/configure
     then