diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5ab1d0df..2f65cbd5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ case "$host" in
 		)
 		AC_CHECK_HEADER([sys/prctl.h],,[AC_MSG_ERROR([sys/prctl.h not found!])])
 
-		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${LIBCAPNG_CFALGS}"
+		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${LIBCAPNG_CFLAGS}"
 		LIBS="${LIBS} ${LIBCAPNG_LIBS}"
 		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBCAPNG, 1, [Enable libcap-ng support])
 	;;
