diff --git a/distrib/configure-bin.in b/distrib/configure-bin.in
index afbab59977e6a832383c8dc68082248343100126..956fb96deea61cf34adaa4167f09123ec5ac8de2 100644
--- a/distrib/configure-bin.in
+++ b/distrib/configure-bin.in
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ AC_PATH_PROG(SedCmd,sed)
 #
 dnl ** How to invoke cpp directly **
 #
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_HAVE_GCC
+AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_PROG_GNUCPP
 
 #