diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 7c2b3a03933..bd25d294564 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([PHP_ADD_MAKEFILE_FRAGMENT],[
   sed -e "s#\$(srcdir)#$ac_srcdir#g" -e "s#\$(builddir)#$ac_builddir#g" $src  >> Makefile.fragments
 ])
 
+AC_DEFUN(PHP_PROG_RE2C,[
+  AC_CHECK_PROG(RE2C, re2c, re2c, [exit 0;])
+])
+
 
 dnl PHP_DEFINE(WHAT[, value])
 dnl
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 774e1f979fe..15c6ad586a4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ dnl AC_PROG_CXXCPP
 dnl check for -R, etc. switch
 PHP_RUNPATH_SWITCH
 
-AC_CHECK_PROG(RE2C, re2c, re2c, [exit 0;])
-
+PHP_PROG_RE2C
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 AC_PROG_AWK
diff --git a/scripts/phpize.m4 b/scripts/phpize.m4
index 388cb8bb6b8..8dd3d0ba679 100644
--- a/scripts/phpize.m4
+++ b/scripts/phpize.m4
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ PHP_BUILD_SHARED
 
 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT()
 
+PHP_PROG_RE2C
 AC_PROG_AWK
     
 sinclude(config.m4)