diff --git a/opal/mca/pmix/pmix2x/pmix/configure.ac b/opal/mca/pmix/pmix2x/pmix/configure.ac
index e7838edeb1..2f6314769c 100644
--- a/opal/mca/pmix/pmix2x/pmix/configure.ac
+++ b/opal/mca/pmix/pmix2x/pmix/configure.ac
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.69)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(./config)
 # Note that this directory must *exactly* match what was specified via
 # -I in ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in the top-level Makefile.am.
-AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS(./config)
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR(./config)
 
 # Get our platform support file.  This has to be done very, very early
 # because it twiddles random bits of autoconf