diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5461828b6c..375cfe4b56 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 
 # Define a string for the earliest version that this release has
 # backwards binary compatibility with for all interfaces a module