diff --git a/BasiliskII/src/Unix/configure.in b/BasiliskII/src/Unix/configure.in
index eea12ff7..986ad9d5 100644
--- a/BasiliskII/src/Unix/configure.in
+++ b/BasiliskII/src/Unix/configure.in
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ if [[ "x$WANT_MON" = "xyes" ]]; then
     AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_MON)
     MONSRCS="$mon_srcdir/mon.cpp $mon_srcdir/mon_6502.cpp $mon_srcdir/mon_z80.cpp $mon_srcdir/mon_cmd.cpp $mon_srcdir/mon_disass.cpp $mon_srcdir/mon_ppc.cpp $mon_srcdir/mon_lowmem.cpp $mon_srcdir/disass/floatformat.c $mon_srcdir/disass/i386-dis.c $mon_srcdir/disass/m68k-dis.c $mon_srcdir/disass/m68k-opc.c"
     CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -I$mon_srcdir -I$mon_srcdir/disass"
-    AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, readline)
     AC_CHECK_LIB(termcap, tputs)
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, readline)
     AC_CHECK_HEADERS(readline.h history.h readline/readline.h readline/history.h)
   else
     AC_MSG_RESULT(no)