--- /dev/null
+--- a/configure.in
++++ b/configure.in
+@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ case "${host_os}" in
+ # Ok, this is linux. Check the kernel version
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the kernel version])
+
+- kernel=`uname -r`
++ kernel=${UNAME_R:-`uname -r`}
+
+ case "${kernel}" in
+ 2.6.*|3.*)