diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 494e9ced7b79fd2f26a682ac5919dd6b61be0d95..e0a2874a49ad038e32d792b1dcc0e024faa4bb53 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ feature_not_found() {
 
   echo "ERROR"
   echo "ERROR: User requested feature $feature"
-  echo "ERROR: configure was not able to found it"
+  echo "ERROR: configure was not able to find it"
   echo "ERROR"
   exit 1;
 }