diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4341f1f5..b4570f58 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LIBSSL], [test "x$ac_cv_lib_ssl_MD5_Final" = "xyes"])
 
 # Enable or disable usage of libfetch
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to link with libfetch)
-AS_IF([test "x$with_fetch" = "xyes"],
+AS_IF([test "x$with_fetch" != "xno"],
 	[AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 	AC_CHECK_LIB([fetch], [fetchParseURL], ,
 	[if test "x$with_fetch" != "xcheck"; then
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
index 6f4f4a4c..3f9cfff3 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 /* connection caching setup */
-#ifdef HAVE_FETCH
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBFETCH
 #include <fetch.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_initialize(void)
 	bindtextdomain("libalpm", LOCALEDIR);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_FETCH
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBFETCH
 	fetchConnectionCacheInit(5, 1);
 #endif
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_release(void)
 	_alpm_handle_free(handle);
 	handle = NULL;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_FETCH
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBFETCH
 	fetchConnectionCacheClose();
 #endif
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/dload.c b/lib/libalpm/dload.c
index 32096e24..9b59f520 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/dload.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/dload.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include <sys/param.h> /* MAXHOSTNAMELEN */
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_FETCH
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBFETCH
 #include <fetch.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static char *get_filename(const char *url) {
 	return(filename);
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_FETCH
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBFETCH
 static char *get_destfile(const char *path, const char *filename) {
 	char *destfile;
 	/* len = localpath len + filename len + null */
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ cleanup:
 static int download(const char *url, const char *localpath,
 		int force) {
 	if(handle->fetchcb == NULL) {
-#ifdef HAVE_FETCH
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBFETCH
 		return(download_internal(url, localpath, force));
 #else
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_EXTERNAL_DOWNLOAD, -1);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/error.c b/lib/libalpm/error.c
index b64ee67c..c83f606e 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/error.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/error.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <sys/param.h> /* MAXHOSTNAMELEN */
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_FETCH
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBFETCH
 #include <fetch.h> /* fetchLastErrString */
 #endif
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_strerror(int err)
 			 * error string instead. */
 			return _("libarchive error");
 		case PM_ERR_LIBFETCH:
-#ifdef HAVE_FETCH
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBFETCH
 			return fetchLastErrString;
 #else
 			/* obviously shouldn't get here... */