diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 54982ab2aad9aa..a40ec3b4402ddd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -26205,7 +26205,7 @@ else $as_nop
 
 if test "$cross_compiling" = yes
 then :
-  ac_cv_strftime_c99_support=no
+  ac_cv_strftime_c99_support=yes
 else $as_nop
   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 32e673e83e52d5..2d76254a6ec492 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6724,7 +6724,7 @@ int main(void)
 ]])],
 [ac_cv_strftime_c99_support=yes],
 [ac_cv_strftime_c99_support=no],
-[ac_cv_strftime_c99_support=no])])
+[ac_cv_strftime_c99_support=yes])])
 if test "$ac_cv_strftime_c99_support" = yes
 then
   AC_DEFINE([Py_STRFTIME_C99_SUPPORT], [1],