diff --git a/libpcre/configure b/libpcre/configure
index 3b3c064b1..2af886a6e 100755
--- a/libpcre/configure
+++ b/libpcre/configure
@@ -5155,7 +5155,7 @@ cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
 #define MACOSX
 _ACEOF
 
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-jump-threads"
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-thread-jumps"
     ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/libpcre/configure.ac b/libpcre/configure.ac
index f98559bd9..6077d24a8 100644
--- a/libpcre/configure.ac
+++ b/libpcre/configure.ac
@@ -369,14 +369,14 @@ if test "$enable_ebcdic" = "yes"; then
     "configure", this can be done via --enable-ebcdic.])
 fi
 
-dnl Mac OS X on Intel hack to remove jump threads
+dnl Mac OS X on Intel hack to remove thread jumps
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
 case "$host" in
   i386-apple-darwin*)
     macosx=yes
     AC_DEFINE(MACOSX, [], [Mac OS X on Intel])
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-jump-threads"
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-thread-jumps"
     ;;
 esac