diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 97af58bd7..496e4ad9e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ BITCOIN_QT_INIT
 dnl sets $bitcoin_enable_qt, $bitcoin_enable_qt_test, $bitcoin_enable_qt_dbus
 BITCOIN_QT_CONFIGURE([$use_pkgconfig], [qt5])
 
-if test x$build_bitcoin_utils$build_bitcoind$bitcoin_enable_qt$use_tests = xnononono; then
+if test x$build_bitcoin_utils$build_bitcoind$bitcoin_enable_qt$use_tests$use_bench = xnonononono; then
     use_boost=no
 else
     use_boost=yes