diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ad8b8b0b753a30e3cb43dc59eb64c9932c06f0b0..d3528d894a04b864ad72517dc8f006c1ba7bed0c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1241,7 +1241,8 @@ if check_header malloc.h; then
     check_func memalign || _memalign="no"
 fi
 
-if test "$_memalign" = "no" -a "$mmx" = "yes" -a "$memalignhack" != "yes"; then
+if test "$_memalign" = "no" -a "$mmx" = "yes" -a \
+        "$memalignhack" != "yes" -a "$darwin" != "yes" ; then
     die "Error, no memalign() but SSE enabled, disable it or use --enable-memalign-hack."
 fi