1diff -urd a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
2--- a/aclocal.m4
3+++ b/aclocal.m4
4@@ -1199,7 +1199,8 @@
5 # thinks that target == host so it never checks the unqualified
6 # tools for Windows. See #14274.
7 AC_DEFUN([FP_PROG_AR],
8-[if test -z "$fp_prog_ar"; then
9+[AC_SUBST(fp_prog_ar,$AR)
10+if test -z "$fp_prog_ar"; then
11 if test "$HostOS" = "mingw32"
12 then
13 AC_PATH_PROG([fp_prog_ar], [ar])
14diff -urd a/configure b/configure
15--- a/configure
16+++ b/configure
17@@ -10744,6 +10744,8 @@
18 test -z "$INSTALL_DATA" && INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644'
19
20
21+fp_prog_ar=$AR
22+
23 if test -z "$fp_prog_ar"; then
24 if test "$HostOS" = "mingw32"
25 then