diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 68cf36a27..fc5f32f2e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1998-09-23  Sebastian Wilhelmi  <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
+
+	* configure.in (FVWM_PAGER): quoted $FVWM_PAGER in test ! -z
+	"$FVWM_PAGER"
+
 1998-09-23  Michael Lausch  <mla@gams.at>
 
 	* configure.in (FVWM_PAGER): Added various tests for the
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8b9cfafb7..dbeb333f8 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(fvwm2,
 
 echo "with_fvwm2=X${with_fvwm2}X"
 echo "FVWM_PAGER=X${FVWM_PAGER}X"
-if test ! -z $FVWM_PAGER
+if test ! -z "$FVWM_PAGER"
 then
 
 	for x_dir in /usr/local/src/fvwm2 /usr/local/src/fvwm-2.0.46 /disk/compiles/fvwm-2.0.46 ${with_fvwm2}