diff --git a/docs/libcurl/libcurl.m4 b/docs/libcurl/libcurl.m4
index c83658d355..952b79f4e3 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/libcurl.m4
+++ b/docs/libcurl/libcurl.m4
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBCURL_CHECK_CONFIG],
      if test -d "$_libcurl_with" ; then
         LIBCURL_CPPFLAGS="-I$withval/include"
         _libcurl_ldflags="-L$withval/lib"
-        AC_PATH_PROG([_libcurl_config],[curl-config],["$withval/bin"],
+        AC_PATH_PROG([_libcurl_config],[curl-config],[],
                      ["$withval/bin"])
      else
-        AC_PATH_PROG([_libcurl_config],[curl-config])
+        AC_PATH_PROG([_libcurl_config],[curl-config],[],[$PATH])
      fi
 
      if test x$_libcurl_config != "x" ; then