--- a/aclocal.in
+++ b/aclocal.in
-@@ -311,7 +311,8 @@ sub scan_m4_dirs ($@)
+@@ -309,6 +309,12 @@ sub scan_m4_dirs ($@)
+
+ foreach my $m4dir (@dirlist)
{
++ if (! -d $m4dir)
++ {
++ msg ('override', "warning: skipping not existing directory `$m4dir'");
++ next;
++ }
++
if (! opendir (DIR, $m4dir))
{
-- fatal "couldn't open directory `$m4dir': $!";
-+ msg ('override', "warning: skipping not existing directory `$m4dir'");
-+ next;
- }
-
- # We reverse the directory contents so that foo2.m4 gets
+ fatal "couldn't open directory `$m4dir': $!";