diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 243a87372..9a46b18d6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 20020123
  - (djm) Fix non-standard shell syntax in autoconf. Patch from 
    Dave Dykstra <dwd@bell-labs.com>
+ - (stevesk) fix --with-zlib=
 
 20020122
  - (djm) autoconf hacking:
@@ -7382,4 +7383,4 @@
  - Wrote replacements for strlcpy and mkdtemp
  - Released 1.0pre1
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1790 2002/01/22 21:12:36 djm Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1791 2002/01/22 21:59:31 stevesk Exp $
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d002a3386..1081b6a37 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-i# $Id: configure.ac,v 1.14 2002/01/22 21:12:37 djm Exp $
+i# $Id: configure.ac,v 1.15 2002/01/22 21:59:32 stevesk Exp $
 
 AC_INIT
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([ssh.c])
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ dnl zlib is required
 AC_ARG_WITH(zlib,
 	[  --with-zlib=PATH        Use zlib in PATH],
 	[
-		if test "x$withval" != "xno" ; then
+		if test "x$withval" = "xno" ; then
 			AC_MSG_ERROR([*** zlib is required ***])
 		fi
 		if test -d "$withval/lib"; then