diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index cdd9261cafd7c0ef3550558194f51c1ee43d644d..2551da6bd8f0854ba75ddf3e0ca9e88dece06a5e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ AC_PATH_PROGS(CompressCmd,gzip compress,gzip)
 dnl ** check for jade/openjade & determine a working catalog
 AC_PATH_PROGS(JadeCmd,openjade jade,jade)
 FPTOOLS_DOCBOOK_CATALOG(Catalog, $JadeCmd, docs/fptools-both.dsl, 
-                        /usr/share/sgml/CATALOG.docbkdsl $hardtop/glafp-utils/docbook/CATALOG*)
+                        /etc/sgml.catalog /usr/share/sgml/CATALOG.docbkdsl $hardtop/glafp-utils/docbook/CATALOG*)
 if test -z "$Catalog"; then
   AC_MSG_RESULT([Warning: You will not be able to build the documentation.])
 fi