diff -ur a/MonetDB-java/java/configure.ag b/MonetDB-java/java/configure.ag
--- a/MonetDB-java/java/configure.ag	2009-03-26 11:36:16.000000000 -0700
+++ b/MonetDB-java/java/configure.ag	2009-03-26 11:36:44.000000000 -0700
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(jdbc,
 	AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-jdbc], [build the MonetDB JDBC driver]),
-	enable_jdbc="$withval",
+	enable_jdbc="$enableval",
 	enable_jdbc=auto)
 case $enable_jdbc in
 	yes|auto) enable_jdbc=$enable_jdbc;;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(xrpcwrapper,
 	AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-xrpcwrapper], [build the MonetDB XRPC wrapper]),
-	enable_xrpc="$withval",
+	enable_xrpc="$enableval",
 	enable_xrpc=auto)
 case $enable_xrpc in
 	yes|auto) enable_xrpc=$enable_xrpc;;
diff -ur a/MonetDB-java/java/configure.in b/MonetDB-java/java/configure.in
--- a/MonetDB-java/java/configure.in	2009-03-26 11:36:16.000000000 -0700
+++ b/MonetDB-java/java/configure.in	2009-03-26 11:36:48.000000000 -0700
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(jdbc,
 	AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-jdbc], [build the MonetDB JDBC driver]),
-	enable_jdbc="$withval",
+	enable_jdbc="$enableval",
 	enable_jdbc=auto)
 case $enable_jdbc in
 	yes|auto) enable_jdbc=$enable_jdbc;;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(xrpcwrapper,
 	AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-xrpcwrapper], [build the MonetDB XRPC wrapper]),
-	enable_xrpc="$withval",
+	enable_xrpc="$enableval",
 	enable_xrpc=auto)
 case $enable_xrpc in
 	yes|auto) enable_xrpc=$enable_xrpc;;