diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 30b2502b..253ff5fe 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -307,12 +307,12 @@ then
    ])
 fi
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(sensors, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-sensors], [Compile with libsensors support for reading temperature data. Only requires libsensors headers at compile time, at runtime libsensors is loaded via dlopen.])],, enable_sensors="check")
-if test "x$enable_sensors" = xyes; then
+AC_ARG_WITH(sensors, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-sensors], [Compile with libsensors support for reading temperature data. Only requires libsensors headers at compile time, at runtime libsensors is loaded via dlopen.])],, with_sensors="check")
+if test "x$with_sensors" = xyes; then
    AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sensors/sensors.h], [], [missing_headers="$missing_headers $ac_header"])
-elif test "x$enable_sensors" = xcheck; then
-   enable_sensors=yes
-   AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sensors/sensors.h], [], [enable_sensors=no])
+elif test "x$with_sensors" = xcheck; then
+   with_sensors=yes
+   AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sensors/sensors.h], [], [with_sensors=no])
 fi
 
 AM_CFLAGS="\
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([
   (Linux) ancient vserver:   $enable_ancient_vserver
   (Linux) affinity:          $enable_linux_affinity
   (Linux) delay accounting:  $enable_delayacct
-  (Linux) sensors:           $enable_sensors
+  (Linux) sensors:           $with_sensors
   unicode:                   $enable_unicode
   hwloc:                     $enable_hwloc
   setuid:                    $enable_setuid