diff --git a/source/configure.in b/source/configure.in
index e4244927166..fe16d939ee5 100644
--- a/source/configure.in
+++ b/source/configure.in
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ do
 done
 ])
 
+AC_LIBREPLACE_CC_CHECKS
+
 SAMBA_CPPFLAGS="-Iinclude -I${srcdir-.}/include  -I. -I${srcdir-.}"
 SAMBA_CPPFLAGS="${SAMBA_CPPFLAGS} -I${srcdir-.}/lib/replace"
 SAMBA_CPPFLAGS="${SAMBA_CPPFLAGS} -I${srcdir-.}/lib/talloc"
@@ -392,8 +394,6 @@ fi
 
 CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -D_SAMBA_BUILD_=3"
 
-AC_LIBREPLACE_CC_CHECKS
-
 m4_include(lib/socket_wrapper/config.m4)
 m4_include(lib/nss_wrapper/config.m4)