diff --git a/config/m4/check-math-func.m4 b/config/m4/check-math-func.m4
index ce632726..5677cede 100644
--- a/config/m4/check-math-func.m4
+++ b/config/m4/check-math-func.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-dnl AC_FIND_FUNC(func, arguments)
+dnl AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(func)
 AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC], [
-  AC_FIND_FUNC_NO_LIBS([$1], [m], [#include <math.h>], [$2])
+  AC_LANG(C)
+  AC_CHECK_LIB([m],[$1],[
+    eval "ac_tr_func=HAVE_[]upcase($1)"
+    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED($ac_tr_func)
+  ],[
+  ])
 ])
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9186d00d..280694ce 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -148,68 +148,68 @@ if test $enable_pthread_tls = yes; then
 fi
 
 dnl libm math.h functions
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(acos, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(acosh, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(asin, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(asinh, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(atan2, [.5,.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(atan, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(atanh, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(cbrt, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(ceil,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(copysign,[.5,1.0])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(cos, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(cosh, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(drem,[.5,1.0])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(erf,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(erfc,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(exp10,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(exp2, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(exp, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(expm1,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(fabs,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(fdim,[.5,1.0])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(floor, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(fma,[.5,1.0,1.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(fmax,[.5,1.0])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(fmin,[.5,1.0])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(fmod,[.5,1.0])
-AC_FIND_FUNC([frexp], [m c], [#include <math.h>], [0, 0])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(gamma,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(hypot, [.5,.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(j0, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(j1, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(jn, [1,.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(ldexp,[.5,2])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(lgamma,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(log10, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(log1p,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(log2, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(log, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(logb,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC([modf], [m c], [#include <math.h>], [0, 0])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC([lgamma_r], [m c], [#include <math.h>], [0, 0])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(nearbyint,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(nextafter,[.5,1.0])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(nexttoward,[.5,1.0])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(pow10,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(pow, [2,2])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(remainder, [3,2])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(rint,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(round,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(scalb,[.5,1.0])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(scalbln,[.5,2])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(significand,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(sin, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(sinh, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(sqrt, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(tan, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(tanh, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(tgamma, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(trunc,[.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(y0, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(y1, [.5])
-AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(yn, [1,.5])
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(acos)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(acosh)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(asin)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(asinh)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(atan2)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(atan)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(atanh)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(cbrt)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(ceil)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(copysign)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(cos)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(cosh)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(drem)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(erf)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(erfc)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(exp10)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(exp2)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(exp)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(expm1)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(fabs)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(fdim)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(floor)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(fma)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(fmax)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(fmin)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(fmod)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(frexp)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(gamma)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(hypot)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(j0)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(j1)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(jn)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(ldexp)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(lgamma)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(log10)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(log1p)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(log2)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(log)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(logb)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(modf)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(lgamma_r)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(nearbyint)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(nextafter)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(nexttoward)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(pow10) # Not available with glibc version >= 2.27
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(pow)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(remainder)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(rint)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(round)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(scalb)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(scalbln)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(significand)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(sin)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(sinh)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(sqrt)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(tan)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(tanh)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(tgamma)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(trunc)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(y0)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(y1)
+AC_CHECK_MATH_FUNC(yn)
 
 dnl Thread local storage
 have___thread=no