diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index b4bdc5d9..912383a7 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(
         [CHECK_GNU_MAKE], [ AC_CACHE_CHECK( for GNU make,_cv_gnu_make_command,
                 _cv_gnu_make_command='' ;
 dnl Search all the common names for GNU make
-                if test -z "$FORCE_NATIVE_MAKE" ; then
+                if test -n "$FORCE_NATIVE_MAKE" ; then
                    MAKES="make"
                 else
                    MAKES="make gmake gnumake"
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6825bd27..7118ce38 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -11515,7 +11515,7 @@ if ${_cv_gnu_make_command+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
   _cv_gnu_make_command='' ;
-                if test -z "$FORCE_NATIVE_MAKE" ; then
+                if test -n "$FORCE_NATIVE_MAKE" ; then
                    MAKES="make"
                 else
                    MAKES="make gmake gnumake"