diff --git a/libs/js/nsprpub/configure.in b/libs/js/nsprpub/configure.in
index c90d7391bf..41836dd25e 100644
--- a/libs/js/nsprpub/configure.in
+++ b/libs/js/nsprpub/configure.in
@@ -2208,6 +2208,7 @@ dnl Checks for library functions.
 dnl ========================================================
 AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(lchown strerror)
 
 dnl AC_FUNC_MEMCMP