diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 22cb13ae7efd5012fbf0c302da0bf7c04a6b2d3f..81ae4fd35514dc063d7f523acad38fca4733ef5e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ dnl  gnomeVFS access module
 dnl
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(gnomevfs,
   [  --enable-gnomevfs      GnomeVFS access module (default enables)])
-if test "{enable_gnomevfs}" != "no"
+if test "${enable_gnomevfs}" != "no"
 then
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOMEVFS, gnome-vfs-2.0,
     VLC_ADD_LDFLAGS([access_gnomevfs],[$GNOMEVFS_LIBS])