diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 163069ccc..16d365316 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -130,10 +130,9 @@ AC_PREPROC_IFELSE(
   ],
 [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
 
-AX_OPENMP([with_openmp="yes"], [with_openmp="no"])
-if test $with_openmp == "yes"; then
-fi
-
+AX_OPENMP([], [with_openmp="no"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_OPENMP], [test "$with_openmp" != "no"])
+AC_SUBST(OPENMP_CXXFLAGS)
 
 
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