diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 08c87bfe85..bbf28fc1ed 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ mp3lame="no"
 a52bin="no"
 win32="no"
 extralibs="-lm"
+simpleidct="yes"
 
 # OS specific
 targetos=`uname -s`
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ echo "  --cpu=CPU               force cpu to CPU  [$cpu]"
 echo "  --disable-mmx           disable mmx usage"
 echo "  --enable-gprof          enable profiling with gprof [$gprof]"
 echo "  --disable-grab          disable audio/video grabbing code"
-echo "  --enable-simple_idct    use simple IDCT routines [default=no]"
+echo "  --disable-simple_idct   disable simple IDCT routines [default=no]"
 echo "  --enable-mp3lame        enable mp3 encoding via libmp3lame [default=no]"
 echo "  --enable-win32          enable win32 cross compile"
 echo "  --enable-a52bin         open liba52.so.0 at runtime [default=no]"
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --enable-mp3lame) mp3lame="yes"
   ;;
-  --enable-simple_idct) simpleidct="yes"
+  --disable-simple_idct) simpleidct="no"
   ;;
   --enable-win32) win32="yes"
   ;;