diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b2cddcc0..c645e181 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ has_or_abort prog=gzip
 has_or_abort prog=bzip2
 has_or_warn  prog=xz                                        \
              kconfig=has_xzutils                            \
-             err="xz-comoressed tarballs will not be used"
+             err="xz-compressed tarballs will not be used"
 has_or_abort prog=readlink
 has_or_abort prog=objcopy var=objcopy
 has_or_abort prog=objdump var=objdump