diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/test/packages/analyzer/FileTreeWalker.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/test/packages/analyzer/FileTreeWalker.java
index f3a20fc44a270b3f601d8fddb761032ae252d033..572124fc5f8eda8ae451c0a6127b145e1f4fef8e 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/test/packages/analyzer/FileTreeWalker.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/test/packages/analyzer/FileTreeWalker.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer.detectors.ConfigureErrorDetector;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer.detectors.DiffDetector;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer.detectors.InstallationProblemDetector;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer.detectors.RErrorDetector;
@@ -152,8 +153,9 @@ public class FileTreeWalker {
         lfParser.addDetector(RErrorDetector.INSTANCE);
         lfParser.addDetector(UnsupportedSpecializationDetector.INSTANCE);
         lfParser.addDetector(RInternalErrorDetector.INSTANCE);
-        lfParser.addTestResultDetector(DiffDetector.INSTANCE);
         lfParser.addDetector(SymbolLookupErrorDetector.INSTANCE);
+        lfParser.addDetector(ConfigureErrorDetector.INSTANCE);
+        lfParser.addTestResultDetector(DiffDetector.INSTANCE);
 
         LogFile parseLogFile = lfParser.parseLogFile();
         Collection<Problem> problems = parseLogFile.collectProblems();
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/test/packages/analyzer/detectors/ConfigureErrorDetector.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/test/packages/analyzer/detectors/ConfigureErrorDetector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..008b48d83c91a50d2d99207db82de7a64e9bf304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/test/packages/analyzer/detectors/ConfigureErrorDetector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer.detectors;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer.Location;
+import com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer.Problem;
+import com.oracle.truffle.r.test.packages.analyzer.model.RPackageTestRun;
+
+public class ConfigureErrorDetector extends LineDetector {
+
+    public static final ConfigureErrorDetector INSTANCE = new ConfigureErrorDetector();
+
+    private static final String PREFIX = "configure: error: ";
+
+    protected ConfigureErrorDetector() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return "Configure error detector";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<Problem> detect(RPackageTestRun pkgTestRun, Location startLocation, List<String> body) {
+        Collection<Problem> problems = new LinkedList<>();
+        assert body.isEmpty() || startLocation != null;
+        int lineNr = startLocation != null ? startLocation.lineNr : 0;
+        for (String line : body) {
+            if (line.startsWith(PREFIX)) {
+                String message = line.substring(PREFIX.length());
+                problems.add(new ConfigureErrorProblem(pkgTestRun, this, new Location(startLocation.file, lineNr), message));
+
+            }
+            ++lineNr;
+        }
+        return problems;
+    }
+
+    public static class ConfigureErrorProblem extends Problem {
+
+        private final String message;
+
+        protected ConfigureErrorProblem(RPackageTestRun pkg, ConfigureErrorDetector detector, Location location, String message) {
+            super(pkg, detector, location);
+            this.message = message;
+        }
+
+        public String getMessage() {
+            return message;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return getLocation() + ": configure: error: " + message;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getSummary() {
+            return "RInternalError";
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getDetails() {
+            return message;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int getSimilarityTo(Problem other) {
+            if (other.getClass() == ConfigureErrorProblem.class) {
+                return Problem.computeLevenshteinDistance(getDetails().trim(), other.getDetails().trim());
+            }
+            return Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isSimilarTo(Problem other) {
+            return getSimilarityTo(other) < 10;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}