--- oyranos-0.9.1/configure_tests.sh
+++ oyranos-0.9.1/configure_tests.sh
@@ -612,8 +612,9 @@
     ID_LIBS="$ID"_LIBS
     if [ -z "$found" ]; then
       pkg-config  --atleast-version=0.2 $pc_package
+      found=$?
       if [ $? = 0 ]; then
-        found=`pkg-config --cflags $pc_package`
+        xcm_cflags=`pkg-config --cflags $pc_package`
         version=`pkg-config --modversion $pc_package`
       fi
     fi
@@ -627,7 +628,7 @@
       if [ -n "$MAKEFILE_DIR" ]; then
         for i in $MAKEFILE_DIR; do
           test -f "$ROOT_DIR/$i/makefile".in && echo "XCM = 1" >> "$i/makefile"
-          test -f "$ROOT_DIR/$i/makefile".in && echo "XCM_H = $found" >> "$i/makefile"
+          test -f "$ROOT_DIR/$i/makefile".in && echo "XCM_H = $xcm_cflags" >> "$i/makefile"
           test -f "$ROOT_DIR/$i/makefile".in && echo "$ID_LIBS = `pkg-config --libs $name | sed \"$STRIPOPT\"`" >> "$i/makefile"
         done
       fi