diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bb01c99b0c2..1d7061d3304 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -909,6 +909,13 @@ fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DRI_GLX, test "x$enable_glx" = xyes -a \
                                   "x$enable_dri" = xyes)
 
+# Check for libdrm
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBDRM], [libdrm >= $LIBDRM_REQUIRED],
+                  [have_libdrm=yes], [have_libdrm=no])
+if test "x$have_libdrm" = xyes; then
+	DEFINES="$DEFINES -DHAVE_LIBDRM"
+fi
+
 # Select which platform-dependent DRI code gets built
 case "$host_os" in
 darwin*)
@@ -921,8 +928,8 @@ esac
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DRICOMMON, test "x$enable_dri" = xyes )
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DRISW, test "x$enable_dri" = xyes )
-AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DRI2, test "x$enable_dri" = xyes -a "x$dri_platform" = xdrm )
-AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DRI3, test "x$enable_dri3" = xyes -a "x$dri_platform" = xdrm )
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DRI2, test "x$enable_dri" = xyes -a "x$dri_platform" = xdrm -a "x$have_libdrm" = xyes )
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DRI3, test "x$enable_dri3" = xyes -a "x$dri_platform" = xdrm -a "x$have_libdrm" = xyes )
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_APPLEDRI, test "x$enable_dri" = xyes -a "x$dri_platform" = xapple )
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([shared-glapi],
@@ -978,13 +985,6 @@ fi
 
 AC_SUBST([MESA_LLVM])
 
-# Check for libdrm
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBDRM], [libdrm >= $LIBDRM_REQUIRED],
-                  [have_libdrm=yes], [have_libdrm=no])
-if test "x$have_libdrm" = xyes; then
-	DEFINES="$DEFINES -DHAVE_LIBDRM"
-fi
-
 case "$host_os" in
 linux*)
     need_pci_id=yes ;;