diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 57a45f06a..dc38115d8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -12376,7 +12376,7 @@ fi
 HAVE_LIBDISPATCH=0
 # Check whether --enable-libdispatch was given.
 if test "${enable_libdispatch+set}" = set; then :
-  enableval=$enable_libdispatch; enable_libdispatch=no
+  enableval=$enable_libdispatch; enable_libdispatch=$enableval
 else
   enable_libdispatch=yes
 fi
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6231f8282..2b555fc1d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3350,7 +3350,7 @@ AC_SUBST(HAVE_ICU)
 HAVE_LIBDISPATCH=0
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(libdispatch,
   [  --disable-libdispatch		Disable dispatching blocks via libdispatch],
-  enable_libdispatch=no,
+  enable_libdispatch=$enableval,
   enable_libdispatch=yes)
 
 if test $enable_libdispatch = yes; then