diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 20caa92d04..3c97e4fed0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -255,29 +255,6 @@ AC_CHECK_TYPE([struct ifreq],
         #include <net/if.h>
   ]])
 
-dnl Check whether strchr(s, char variable) causes a bogus compile warning
-dnl which is the case with a certain range of GCC versions
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether GCC -Wlogical-op is broken])
-
-save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-CFLAGS="-O2 -Wlogical-op -Werror"
-
-AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <string.h>],
-                [const char *haystack;
-                 char needle;
-                 return strchr(haystack, needle) == haystack;],
-                [gcc_false_strchr_warning=no],
-                [gcc_false_strchr_warning=yes])
-
-CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
-
-if test "x$gcc_false_strchr_warning" = xyes; then
-  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([BROKEN_GCC_WLOGICALOP], 1,
-                       [GCC -Wlogical-op is reporting false positive on strchr])
-fi
-
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$gcc_false_strchr_warning])
-
 dnl Our only use of libtasn1.h is in the testsuite, and can be skipped
 dnl if the header is not present.  Assume -ltasn1 is present if the
 dnl header could be found.
diff --git a/m4/virt-compile-warnings.m4 b/m4/virt-compile-warnings.m4
index 4a0f289298..a08fcac9f7 100644
--- a/m4/virt-compile-warnings.m4
+++ b/m4/virt-compile-warnings.m4
@@ -95,6 +95,22 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_COMPILE_WARNINGS],[
       dontwarn="$dontwarn -Wmissing-declarations"
     fi
 
+    dnl Check whether strchr(s, char variable) causes a bogus compile
+    dnl warning, which is the case with GCC < 4.6 on some glibc
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether GCC -Wlogical-op gives bogus warnings],
+      [lv_cv_gcc_wlogical_op_broken], [
+      save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+      CFLAGS="-O2 -Wlogical-op -Werror"
+      AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+        #include <string.h>
+        ]], [[
+        const char *haystack;
+        char needle;
+        return strchr(haystack, needle) == haystack;]])],
+        [lv_cv_gcc_wlogical_op_broken=no],
+        [lv_cv_gcc_wlogical_op_broken=yes])
+      CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"])
+
     # We might fundamentally need some of these disabled forever, but
     # ideally we'd turn many of them on
     dontwarn="$dontwarn -Wfloat-equal"
@@ -196,4 +212,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_COMPILE_WARNINGS],[
     WARN_PYTHON_CFLAGS=$WARN_CFLAGS
     AC_SUBST(WARN_PYTHON_CFLAGS)
     WARN_CFLAGS=$save_WARN_CFLAGS
+
+    if test "$gl_cv_warn_c__Wlogical_op" = yes &&
+       test "$lv_cv_gcc_wlogical_op_broken" = yes; then
+      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([BROKEN_GCC_WLOGICALOP], 1,
+       [Define to 1 if gcc -Wlogical-op reports false positives on strchr])
+    fi
 ])