diff --git a/m4/libcurl.m4 b/m4/libcurl.m4
index a9bfa2e23..39f240703 100644
--- a/m4/libcurl.m4
+++ b/m4/libcurl.m4
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBCURL_CHECK_CONFIG],
      if test -d "$_libcurl_with" ; then
         LIBCURL_CPPFLAGS="-I$withval/include"
         _libcurl_ldflags="-L$withval/lib"
-        AC_PATH_PROG([_libcurl_config],["$withval/bin/curl-config"])
+        AC_PATH_PROG([_libcurl_config],[curl-config], [], ["$withval/bin"])
      else
 	AC_PATH_PROG([_libcurl_config],[curl-config])
      fi
diff --git a/tools/cross/cross-configure.sh b/tools/cross/cross-configure.sh
index d75786e8a..97b61503c 100755
--- a/tools/cross/cross-configure.sh
+++ b/tools/cross/cross-configure.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh -x
 MINGW=/home/bill/src/mingw/mingw-cross-env-2.18
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$MINGW/usr/lib/pkgconfig
 export PATH=$MINGW/usr/bin:$PATH
 ../configure --host=i686-pc-mingw32 \
-	SDL_CONFIG=$MINGW/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/bin/sdl-config $*
+	SDL_CONFIG=$MINGW/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/bin/sdl-config \
+	--with-libcurl=$MINGW/usr/i686-pc-mingw32 \
+	$*