diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2c8d78598b2d354233b928dc2eb5b71c0cab5f9a..071788cf79f4c20ca8e23276c09f3a76979d75fb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1428,9 +1428,10 @@ do
         LLVM_BUILD_DIR=
         LLVM_INST_DIR=$CFG_LLVM_ROOT
         do_reconfigure=0
+        # Check that LLVm FileCheck is available. Needed for the tests
+        need_cmd $LLVM_INST_DIR/bin/FileCheck
     fi
 
-
     if [ ${do_reconfigure} -ne 0 ]
     then
     # because git is hilarious, it might have put the module index