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diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f1fa8812f..8d21661f8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -158,12 +158,29 @@ fi])
AC_ARG_ENABLE(bufferevents,
AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-bufferevents, use Libevent's buffered IO.))
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(tool-name-check,
+ AS_HELP_STRING(--disable-tool-name-check, check for sanely named toolchain when cross-compiling))
+
dnl check for the correct "ar" when cross-compiling
AN_MAKEVAR([AR], [AC_PROG_AR])
AN_PROGRAM([ar], [AC_PROG_AR])
AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_AR], [AC_CHECK_TOOL([AR], [ar], [ar])])
AC_PROG_AR
+dnl Check whether the above macro has settled for a simply named tool even
+dnl though we're cross compiling. We must do this before running AC_PROG_CC,
+dnl because that will find any cc on the system, not only the cross-compiler,
+dnl and then verify that a binary built with this compiler runs on the
+dnl build system. It will then come to the false conclusion that we're not
+dnl cross-compiling.
+if test x$enable_tool_name_check != xno; then
+ if test x$ac_tool_warned = xyes; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([We are cross compiling but could not find a properly named toolchain. Do you have your cross-compiling toolchain in PATH? (You can --disable-tool-name-check to ignore this.)])
+ elif test "x$ac_ct_AR" != x -a x$cross_compiling = xmaybe; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([We think we are cross compiling but could not find a properly named toolchain. Do you have your cross-compiling toolchain in PATH? (You can --disable-tool-name-check to ignore this.)])
+ fi
+fi
+
AC_PROG_CC
AC_PROG_CPP
AC_PROG_MAKE_SET