diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 582f678..f36bbd9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+07/01/2021
+- change configure.ac to find Apache flags correctly
+
 06/07/2021
 - depend on liboauth2 1.4.2.1 with fixed iat slack validation defaults
 - set WWW-Authenticate environment variable to allow for complex Require logic; see 
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index bbc87c5..a1d904c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ includesub_HEADERS = \
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = @PACKAGE_NAME@.la
 
-@PACKAGE_NAME@_la_CFLAGS = @OAUTH2_CFLAGS@ @OAUTH2_APACHE_CFLAGS@ @APR_CFLAGS@
+@PACKAGE_NAME@_la_CFLAGS = @OAUTH2_CFLAGS@ @OAUTH2_APACHE_CFLAGS@ @APACHE_CFLAGS@
 @PACKAGE_NAME@_la_LIBADD = @OAUTH2_LIBS@ @OAUTH2_APACHE_LIBS@ @APR_LIBS@
 @PACKAGE_NAME@_la_SOURCES = src/@PACKAGE_NAME@.c
 @PACKAGE_NAME@_la_LDFLAGS = -module
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ clang-format:
 	clang-format -style=file -i `find . -name *.[ch]`
 
 install:
-	@APXS2@ @APXS2_OPTS@ -i -n @PACKAGE_NAME@ @PACKAGE_NAME@.la
+	@APXS@ @APXS_OPTS@ -i -n @PACKAGE_NAME@ @PACKAGE_NAME@.la
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 71982dc..0ad5657 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,29 +8,24 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 
 AX_CODE_COVERAGE
 
-
-AC_ARG_WITH([apxs2], AS_HELP_STRING([--with-apxs2=PATH], [full path to the apxs2 executable]), [ APXS2=${withval} ],)
-if test "x$APXS2" = "x"; then
-	AC_PATH_PROG(APXS2, apxs2,, /usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin)
-	if test "x$APXS2" = "x"; then
-		AC_PATH_PROG(APXS2, apxs,, /usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin)
-	fi
-fi
-if test ! -x "$APXS2"; then
-   AC_MSG_ERROR([
-Could not find apxs2. Please specify the path to apxs2
-using the --with-apxs2=/full/path/to/apxs2 option.
-The executable may also be named 'apxs'.
-])
+AC_ARG_WITH([apache], AS_HELP_STRING([--with-apache], [build with Apache support [default=autodetect]]),)
+AC_ARG_WITH([apxs],
+    [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-apxs=PATH/NAME],[path to the apxs binary for Apache [[apxs]]])],
+    [AC_SUBST(APXS, $with_apxs)],
+    [AC_PATH_PROGS(APXS, [apxs2 apxs])])
+if test "x$with_apache" != "xno"; then
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([APR], [apr-1, apr-util-1], [have_apache="yes"], [have_apache="no"])
+
+	AS_IF([test "x${APXS}" != "x" -a -x "${APXS}"],
+	      [AC_MSG_NOTICE([apxs found at $APXS])],
+	      [AC_MSG_FAILURE(["apxs not found. Use --with-apxs"])])
+
+	APACHE_CFLAGS="`${APXS} -q CFLAGS` `${APXS} -q EXTRA_CPPFLAGS` -I`${APXS} -q INCLUDEDIR` ${APR_CFLAGS}"
 fi
-
-AC_SUBST(APXS2)
-AC_ARG_VAR(APXS2_OPTS, [additional command line options to pass to apxs2])
-
-
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(APR, [apr-1, apr-util-1])
-AC_SUBST(APR_CFLAGS)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_APACHE, [test x"$have_apache" = "xyes"])
 AC_SUBST(APR_LIBS)
+AC_SUBST(APACHE_CFLAGS)
+AC_ARG_VAR(APXS_OPTS, [additional command line options to pass to apxs])
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OAUTH2, [liboauth2 >= 1.4.2.1])
 AC_SUBST(OAUTH2_CFLAGS)