diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2e4580ce175..3a75d855423 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -378,6 +378,24 @@ dnl see the `changequote' comment above.
     machine=apollo opsys=bsd4-3
   ;;
 
+  ## Apple Darwin / Mac OS X
+  *-apple-darwin* )
+    case "${canonical}" in
+      i[3456]86-* )  machine=intel386 ;;
+      powerpc-* )    machine=powermac ;;
+      * )            unported=yes ;;
+    esac
+    opsys=darwin
+    # Define CPP as follows to make autoconf work correctly.
+    CPP="${CC-cc} -E -no-cpp-precomp"
+    # Use fink packages if available.
+    if test -d /sw/include && test -d /sw/lib; then
+      GCC_TEST_OPTIONS="-I/sw/include -L/sw/lib"
+      CPP="${CPP} ${GCC_TEST_OPTIONS}"
+      NON_GCC_TEST_OPTIONS=${GCC_TEST_OPTIONS}
+    fi
+  ;;
+
   ## AT&T 3b2, 3b5, 3b15, 3b20
   we32k-att-sysv* )
     machine=att3b opsys=usg5-2-2
@@ -1154,19 +1172,6 @@ dnl see the `changequote' comment above.
     machine=f301 opsys=uxpv
   ;;
 
-  ## Darwin / Mac OS X
-  powerpc-apple-darwin* )
-    machine=powermac opsys=darwin
-    # Define CPP as follows to make autoconf work correctly.
-    CPP="${CC-cc} -E -no-cpp-precomp"
-    # Use fink packages if available.
-    if test -d /sw/include && test -d /sw/lib; then
-	GCC_TEST_OPTIONS="-I/sw/include -L/sw/lib"
-        CPP="${CPP} ${GCC_TEST_OPTIONS}"
-	NON_GCC_TEST_OPTIONS=${GCC_TEST_OPTIONS}
-    fi
-  ;;
-
   ## AMD x86-64 Linux-based GNU system
   x86_64-*-linux-gnu* )
     machine=amdx86-64 opsys=gnu-linux