diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 70146d70f4b2e1017621f9a1dc8cd8760b9f36b7..89dfaebbd37559640d450351a7f258d3c1e83149 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -341,10 +341,10 @@ dnl ** check if perl library is properly installed
 if $PerlCmd -e 'do "getopts.pl" || exit(1); exit(0);' > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     :
 else
-    echo "I think your perl library is misinstalled."
+    echo "I think your perl library is misinstalled:"
     echo "The following script did not work:"
     echo '      do "getopts.pl" || exit(1); exit(0);'
-    exit 1
+    echo 'But, anyway, we will continue in our quest..'
 fi
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