diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c8352645..69b76697 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_STABBER], [false])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([stabber], [stbbr_start], [AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_STABBER], [true])],
     [AC_MSG_NOTICE([libstabber not found, will not be able to run functional tests])])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_EXPECT], [false])
-AC_CHECK_LIB([expect], [main], [AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_EXPECT], [true])],
+AC_CHECK_LIB([expect], [exp_expectl], [AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_EXPECT], [true])],
     [AC_MSG_NOTICE([libexpect not found, will not be able to run functional tests])])
 
 ### Check for ncursesw/ncurses.h first, Arch linux uses ncurses.h for ncursesw