diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9cdebd4b..2ef2e8cf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ncmpcpp 0.7.4 (????-??-??)
 * Fetching lyrics from lyricwiki.org was fixed.
+* Configure script now continues without errors if ICU library was not found.
 
 ncmpcpp 0.7.3 (2016-01-20)
 * Home and End keys are now recognized in a few specific terminal emulators.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 31845e4a..0c312098 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ICU], [icu-uc], [
 		CPPFLAGS="$old_CPPFLAGS"
 		LIBS="$old_LIBS",
 	)
-], [])
+], [[]])
 
 dnl =============================
 dnl = checking for boost.thread =