diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a83479e..f345d8a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -211,6 +211,16 @@
     AX_RESTORE_FLAGS_WITH_PREFIX(OLD, [LDFLAGS])
 ])
 
+# Check for valgrind
+AS_IF([test "x$enable_tests" = "xno"], [enable_valgrind=no])
+m4_foreach([vgtool], [valgrind_tool_list],
+    [AX_VALGRIND_DFLT(vgtool, [off])])
+AX_VALGRIND_DFLT([memcheck], [on])
+AX_VALGRIND_CHECK
+AM_EXTRA_RECURSIVE_TARGETS([check-valgrind])
+m4_foreach([vgtool], [valgrind_tool_list],
+    [AM_EXTRA_RECURSIVE_TARGETS([check-valgrind-]vgtool)])
+
 # Code coverage
 AX_CODE_COVERAGE
 AS_IF([test "x$CODE_COVERAGE_ENABLED" = "xyes"], [