diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d931460c207..f95e474eca4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2774,12 +2774,12 @@ dnl Note that we assume that mac & win32 have short wchar (see nscore.h)
 
     AC_CACHE_CHECK(for compiler -fshort-wchar option, 
         ac_cv_have_usable_wchar_option_v2,
-        [AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
-                         $configure_static_assert_macros],
-                        [CONFIGURE_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(wchar_t) == 2);
-                         CONFIGURE_STATIC_ASSERT((wchar_t)-1 > (wchar_t) 0)],
-                        ac_cv_have_usable_wchar_option_v2="yes",
-                        ac_cv_have_usable_wchar_option_v2="no")])
+        [AC_TRY_LINK([#include <stddef.h>
+                      $configure_static_assert_macros],
+                     [CONFIGURE_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(wchar_t) == 2);
+                      CONFIGURE_STATIC_ASSERT((wchar_t)-1 > (wchar_t) 0)],
+                     ac_cv_have_usable_wchar_option_v2="yes",
+                     ac_cv_have_usable_wchar_option_v2="no")])
 
     if test "$ac_cv_have_usable_wchar_option_v2" = "yes"; then
         AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPP_2BYTE_WCHAR_T)