-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for lynx])
-AC_PATH_PROG([HTML2TXT_CMD], [lynx], [none])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for elinks])
+AC_PATH_PROG([HTML2TXT_CMD], [elinks], [none])
+if test x"$HTML2TXT_CMD" = x"none"
+then
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for lynx])
+ AC_PATH_PROG([HTML2TXT_CMD], [lynx], [none])
+fi