1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 3e80e852cc..8350ba2a20 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -4715,7 +4715,13 @@ case "$ccname" in
                 *)  echo "Using usrinc $usrinc." >&4 ;;
             esac
             case "$croak" in
-                y) echo "Cannot continue, aborting." >&4; exit 1 ;;
+                y) 
+                if test "X$sysroot" = X; then
+                    echo "Cannot continue, aborting." >&4; exit 1
+                else
+                    echo "Cross-compiling using sysroot $sysroot, failing to guess inc/lib paths is not fatal" >&4
+                fi
+                ;;
             esac
             ;;
         esac