diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 719b1f909..5cd60178d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -451,7 +451,9 @@ if [ 11 = "$WITH_CAPSTONE$HAVE_PKGCFG_CAPSTONE" ]; then

 USE_CAPSTONE="1"
 else
-USE_CAPSTONE="0"; fi
+USE_CAPSTONE="0"
+CAPSTONE_CFLAGS=""
+CAPSTONE_LDFLAGS=""; fi
 check_library HAVE_LIB_Z z 0
 check_library HAVE_LIB_ZIP zip 0
 if [ 11 = "$HAVE_LIB_Z$USE_ZIP" ]; then
diff --git a/configure.acr b/configure.acr
index be06434f0..f7f7a3d8f 100644
--- a/configure.acr
+++ b/configure.acr
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ IFAND WITH_CAPSTONE HAVE_PKGCFG_CAPSTONE {
        USE_CAPSTONE = 1 ;
 }{
        USE_CAPSTONE = 0 ;
+       CAPSTONE_CFLAGS = '' ;
+       CAPSTONE_LDFLAGS = '' ;
 }

 CHKLIB z