diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6b0a5d91..e8ad4ea1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3642,8 +3642,7 @@ fi
 ac_cv_lib_wrap=ac_cv_lib_wrap_main
 
 if test "$have_tcpwrappers" = "no"; then
-   echo "can't find either tcpd.h or libwrap";
-   exit 1
+   echo "can't find either tcpd.h or libwrap. Tcpwrappers support is disabled";
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e148d8c4..fe04ee9f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(tcpd.h, have_tcpwrappers=yes, echo "tcpd.h is not found")
 AC_CHECK_LIB([wrap],[hosts_access],[AC_CHECK_LIB(wrap, hosts_access, have_tcpwrappers=yes, echo "libwrap is not found"; have_tcpwrappers=no)],[],[])ac_cv_lib_wrap=ac_cv_lib_wrap_main
 
 if test "$have_tcpwrappers" = "no"; then
-   echo "can't find either tcpd.h or libwrap";
-   exit 1
+   echo "can't find either tcpd.h or libwrap. Tcpwrappers support is disabled";
 fi