--- a/test/configure.in	Sun Oct 21 22:38:09 2012 -0700
+++ b/test/configure.in	Tue Oct 23 15:28:27 2012 -0700
@@ -143,21 +143,11 @@
 AC_SUBST(GLLIB)
 
 dnl Check for SDL_ttf
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for SDL_ttf)
-have_SDL_ttf=no
-AC_TRY_COMPILE([
- #include "SDL_ttf.h"
-],[
-],[
-have_SDL_ttf=yes
-])
-AC_MSG_RESULT($have_SDL_ttf)
-
+AC_CHECK_LIB(SDL2_ttf, TTF_Init, have_SDL_ttf=yes)
 if test x$have_SDL_ttf = xyes; then
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DHAVE_SDL_TTF"
-    SDL_TTF_LIB="-lSDL_ttf"
+    SDL_TTF_LIB="-lSDL2_ttf"
 fi
-
 AC_SUBST(SDL_TTF_LIB)
 
 dnl Finally create all the generated files