--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PATH_PROG(SH,bash sh)
 AC_PATH_PROG(RM,rm)
 AC_PATH_PROG(CP,cp)
-AC_PATH_PROG(MT,mt,AC_MSG_WARN(could not find the program mt - you might need this if you want autoloader support))
+AC_PATH_PROG([MT],[mt])
+
+AS_IF([test -n "$MT"], [], [AC_MSG_WARN([could not find the program mt - you might need this if you want autoloader support])])
+
 AC_PATH_PROGS(TAR,[gtar tar])
 AC_PATH_PROG(AWK,awk)
 AC_SYS_LARGEFILE