diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 38fcd4155..8bff5aefe 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.16.2 (2011/??/??)
+* configure.ac:
+  - fix bashism in tremor test
 * decoder:
   - tremor: fix configure test
   - gme: detect end of song
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4fafb1899..52740b0f7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_LASTFM, test x$enable_lastfm = xyes)
 
 dnl ---------------------------------- libogg ---------------------------------
-if test x$with_tremor == xno || test -z $with_tremor; then
+if test x$with_tremor = xno || test -z $with_tremor; then
 	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OGG, [ogg], enable_ogg=yes, enable_ogg=no)
 fi