--- SDL-1.2.11.orig/configure	
+++ SDL-1.2.11.orig/configure	
@@ -25060,11 +25060,11 @@ 
 else
   enable_nasm=yes
 fi;
     if test x$enable_video = xyes -a x$enable_assembly = xyes -a x$enable_nasm = xyes; then
         # Extract the first word of "yasm", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy yasm; ac_word=$2
+set dummy nasm; ac_word=$2
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6
 if test "${ac_cv_path_NASM+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
--- SDL-1.2.11.orig/configure.in	
+++ SDL-1.2.11.orig/configure.in	
@@ -595,14 +595,11 @@ 
     dnl Check for NASM (for assembly blit routines)
     AC_ARG_ENABLE(nasm,
 AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-nasm], [use nasm assembly blitters on x86 [[default=yes]]]),
                   , enable_nasm=yes)
     if test x$enable_video = xyes -a x$enable_assembly = xyes -a x$enable_nasm = xyes; then
-        AC_PATH_PROG(NASM, yasm)
-        if test "x$NASM" = x -o "x$NASM" = x'"$NASM"'; then
-            AC_PATH_PROG(NASM, nasm)
-        fi
+        AC_PATH_PROG(NASM, nasm)
         if test "x$NASM" != x -a "x$NASM" != x'"$NASM"'; then
             AC_DEFINE(SDL_HERMES_BLITTERS)
             SOURCES="$SOURCES $srcdir/src/hermes/*.asm"
             if test x"$NASMFLAGS" = x; then
                 case $ARCH in