diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 484e2ef8c8ed58d9f6900cb6e6bca6ef6bc8d81a..7520c67d1e144873327c8deef2ed0e4cdce59f50 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([xen-cmd],
   [xen_cmd="xm"])
 AC_SUBST(XEN_CMD, $xen_cmd)
 
-if ! (test "$XEN_CMD" == "xl" || test "$XEN_CMD" == "xm"); then
+if ! test "$XEN_CMD" = xl -o "$XEN_CMD" = xm; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR([Unsupported xen command specified])
 fi