diff --git a/gnome/configure.ac b/gnome/configure.ac
index 542e7996f0cc9274921bca83962472261a01142d..e9738278d7cf6d69fdfa2a74141e7444833e9e1d 100644
--- a/gnome/configure.ac
+++ b/gnome/configure.ac
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(X11, x11)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(JAVASCRIPT_CORE_GTK, javascriptcoregtk-3.0, ,
 		  AC_MSG_RESULT(javascriptcoregtk not installed))
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CHECK], [check >= 0.9.4])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CHECK], [check >= 0.9.4],,
+                  AC_MSG_RESULT([check not installed]))
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 Makefile