--- a/make/autoconf/basics.m4	Fri Dec 21 01:29:51 2018 -0800
+++ b/make/autoconf/basics.m4	Wed Jan 02 10:21:54 2019 +0100
@@ -615,9 +615,16 @@
   BASIC_PATH_PROGS(DF, df)
   BASIC_PATH_PROGS(CPIO, [cpio bsdcpio])
   BASIC_PATH_PROGS(NICE, nice)
+
   BASIC_PATH_PROGS(PANDOC, pandoc)
+  if test -n "$PANDOC"; then
+    ENABLE_PANDOC="true"
+  else
+    ENABLE_PANDOC="false"
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(ENABLE_PANDOC)
+
   BASIC_PATH_PROGS(LSB_RELEASE, lsb_release)
-
   BASIC_PATH_PROGS(CMD, [cmd.exe /mnt/c/Windows/System32/cmd.exe])
 ])