diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 63ea032d..aede4f59 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ AC_PACKAGE_NEED_XFS_HANDLE_H
 AC_PACKAGE_NEED_ATTRLIST_LIBHANDLE
 AC_PACKAGE_NEED_ATTRIBUTES_H
 AC_PACKAGE_WANT_ATTRLIST_LIBATTR
-AC_PACKAGE_NEED_GETXATTR_LIBATTR
+AC_PACKAGE_NEED_ATTRSET_LIBATTR
 
 AC_PACKAGE_NEED_SYS_ACL_H
 AC_PACKAGE_NEED_ACL_LIBACL_H
diff --git a/m4/package_attrdev.m4 b/m4/package_attrdev.m4
index 9a82f241..d994cfc2 100644
--- a/m4/package_attrdev.m4
+++ b/m4/package_attrdev.m4
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_WANT_ATTRLIST_LIBATTR],
     AC_SUBST(have_attr_list)
   ])
 
-AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_NEED_ATTRGET_LIBATTR],
-  [ AC_CHECK_LIB(attr, attr_get,, [
+AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_NEED_ATTRSET_LIBATTR],
+  [ AC_CHECK_LIB(attr, attr_set,, [
         echo
         echo 'FATAL ERROR: could not find a valid Extended Attributes library.'
         echo 'Install the extended attributes (attr) development package.'