diff --git a/templates/bison.tmpl b/templates/bison.tmpl
index 9d9ba927f02..2e24f6512ca 100644
--- a/templates/bison.tmpl
+++ b/templates/bison.tmpl
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=bison
 version=2.3
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bison/$pkgname-$version@.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_env="ac_cv_path_M4=/usr/bin/m4"
 short_desc="GNU yacc(1) replacement"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=b10d7e9e354be72aee4e4911cf19dd27b5c527d4e7200857365b5fcdeea0dffb