diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index cd8dbae7..d7d84466 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -200,7 +200,12 @@ def configure(conf):
 
 	# check if we can use C99 tgmath
 	if conf.check_cc(header_name='tgmath.h', mandatory=False):
-		conf.env.define('HAVE_TGMATH_H', 1)
+		tgmath_usable = conf.check_cc(fragment='''#include<tgmath.h>
+			int main(void){ return (int)sin(2.0f); }''',
+			msg='Checking if tgmath.h is usable', mandatory=False):
+		conf.define_cond('HAVE_TGMATH_H', tgmath_usable)	
+	else:
+		conf.undefine('HAVE_TGMATH_H')
 
 	if conf.env.COMPILER_CC == 'msvc':
 		conf.define('_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS', 1)