diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b58cef128bd1d920d223f9dbf60693a7871d75f3..0883b9f825c62f79687b0da1e62bae592383532f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.ac Revision: 103715 .
+# From configure.ac Revision: 103725 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for asterisk 1.6.
 #
@@ -49274,7 +49274,9 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 
 
-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for /sbin/launchd" >&5
+if test "${cross_compiling}" = "no";
+then
+  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for /sbin/launchd" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for /sbin/launchd... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
 if test "${ac_cv_file__sbin_launchd+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
@@ -49299,6 +49301,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 fi
 
+fi
 
 PBX_GTK=0
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 950886aeef0ec86148c4692433dbdc561c6c0d1b..883198f1ca9a6df192eafe5b8801109e4d8af458 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1485,7 +1485,10 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER([linux/videodev.h],
 AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([X11], [X11], [XOpenDisplay], [X11/Xlib.h],,, [standard_path])
 AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([X11], [X11], [XOpenDisplay], [X11/Xlib.h],, [-I/usr/X11R6/include], [X11R6])
 
-AC_CHECK_FILE(/sbin/launchd, AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SBIN_LAUNCHD], 1, [Define to 1 if your system has /sbin/launchd.]))
+if test "${cross_compiling}" = "no";
+then
+  AC_CHECK_FILE(/sbin/launchd, AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SBIN_LAUNCHD], 1, [Define to 1 if your system has /sbin/launchd.]))
+fi
 
 PBX_GTK=0
 AST_EXT_TOOL_CHECK([GTK], [gtk], [--cflags gthread], [--libs gthread])