diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 62e1b97..797a49e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ case "$SYSTEM" in
 		SYSTEM=solaris
 		;;
 	"Linux"|"uClinux")
-		DCORES=`egrep '(^processor.*:.*)' /proc/cpuinfo|wc -l`
+		DCORES=`egrep '(^CPU[0-9]+|^processor.*:.*)' /proc/cpuinfo|wc -l`
 		SYSTEM=linux
 		;;
 	"FreeBSD"|"GNU/kFreeBSD")