diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7696bd7..6632e54 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1369,6 +1369,7 @@
   "no" ) PIMD="";;
   *    ) ;;
 esac
+AM_CONDITIONAL(PIMD, test "x$PIMD" = "xpimd")
 
 # XXX Perhaps auto-enable on Solaris, but that's messy for cross builds.
 case "${enable_solaris}" in