diff --git a/ase/configure b/ase/configure
index cecd6ad5..cb96a2e0 100755
--- a/ase/configure
+++ b/ase/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.ac Revision: 1.87 .
+# From configure.ac Revision: 1.4 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for ase deb-0.1.0.
 #
@@ -25847,11 +25847,42 @@ echo $ECHO_N "checking symlink for $CUR_JAVAC_PATH... $ECHO_C" >&6
 echo "${ECHO_T}$CUR_JAVAC_PATH" >&6
 	done
 
+	# check if the javavm wrapper is in use
+	case "$REAL_JAVAC_PATH" in
+	*/javavm)
+		JAVA_DIR="$REAL_JAVAC_PATH"
+		while true
+		do
+			JAVA_DIR=`echo "$JAVA_DIR" | sed -e 's/\/\/*/\//g' -e 's/\/^/*$//'`
+			if test "$JAVA_DIR" = ""
+			then
+				break
+			fi
+
+			echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking $JAVA_DIR/etc/javavms" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking $JAVA_DIR/etc/javavms... $ECHO_C" >&6
+			if test -f "$JAVA_DIR/etc/javavms"
+			then
+				echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}yes" >&6
+				# takes the first jvm configured
+				CUR_JAVAC_PATH=`cat $JAVA_DIR/etc/javavms | head -1`
+				echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $CUR_JAVAC_PATH" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$CUR_JAVAC_PATH" >&6
+				break;
+			else
+				echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
+			fi
+		done
+		;;
+	esac
+
 	JAVA_DIR="$CUR_JAVAC_PATH"
 
 	while true
 	do
-		JAVA_DIR=`echo "$JAVA_DIR" | sed -e 's://*:/:g' -e 's:/[^/]*$::'`
+		JAVA_DIR=`echo "$JAVA_DIR" | sed -e 's/\/\/*/\//g' -e 's/\/^/*$//'`
 		if test "$JAVA_DIR" = ""
 		then
 			break
@@ -25876,7 +25907,7 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
 		JNI_MD_H=`find "$i" -name jni_md.h -print`
 		if test "$JNI_MD_H" != ""
 		then
-			tmp=`echo "$JNI_MD_H" | sed -e 's://*:/:g' -e 's:/[^/]*$::'`
+			tmp=`echo "$JNI_MD_H" | sed -e 's/\/\/*/\//g' -e 's/\/^/*$//'`
 			JNI_MD_INCLUDE_DIRS="$JNI_MD_INCLUDE_DIRS $tmp"
 		fi
 	done