diff --git a/bin/dunecontrol b/bin/dunecontrol
index f71ef1448e34499416452a92f31c2c951e0b85c6..173ad4a447578809949d3042c0efa4349bb04bac 100755
--- a/bin/dunecontrol
+++ b/bin/dunecontrol
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ run_default_configure () {
       if test -d "$path/$BUILDDIR"; then
         PARAMS="$PARAMS \"--with-$name=$path/$BUILDDIR\""
       else
-        if test x$module_inst != xyes; then
+        if test x$(eval echo \$INST_$mod) != xyes; then
           PARAMS="$PARAMS \"--with-$name=$path\""
         fi
       fi