diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1ec5a612..4ba083cc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -614,14 +614,14 @@ for c in $CHAT_MODULES; do
 	fe_module_inits=""
 	fe_module_deinits=""
 	CHAT_LIBS="$CHAT_LIBS ../$c/lib$c.a ../$c/core/lib${c}_core.a"
-	if test -d $srcdir/src/fe-common/$c; then
+	if test -f $srcdir/src/fe-common/$c/module.h; then
 		FE_COMMON_LIBS="$FE_COMMON_LIBS../fe-common/$c/libfe_common_$c.a "
 	fi
 	for s in `eval echo \\$${c}_MODULES`; do
 		CHAT_LIBS="$CHAT_LIBS ../$c/$s/.libs/lib${c}_$s.a"
 		module_inits="$module_inits ${c}_${s}_init();"
 		module_deinits="${c}_${s}_deinit(); $module_deinits"
-		if test -d $srcdir/src/fe-common/$c/$s; then
+		if test -f $srcdir/src/fe-common/$c/$s/module.h; then
 			FE_COMMON_LIBS="$FE_COMMON_LIBS../fe-common/$c/$s/.libs/libfe_${c}_$s.a "
 			fe_module_inits="$fe_module_inits fe_${c}_${s}_init();"
 			fe_module_deinits="fe_${c}_${s}_deinit(); $fe_module_deinits"
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ for c in $CHAT_MODULES; do
         echo "void ${c}_init(void) { ${c}_core_init(); $module_inits }" >> $file
         echo "void ${c}_deinit(void) { $module_deinits ${c}_core_deinit(); }" >> $file
 
-	if test -d $srcdir/src/fe-common/$c; then
+	if test -f $srcdir/src/fe-common/$c/module.h; then
 	        file="$srcdir/src/fe-common/$c/${c}-modules.c"
 	        echo "/* this file is automatically generated by configure - don't change */" > $file
                 if test "x$fe_module_inits" != "x"; then