Index: ../trunk-jpl/src/c/main/issm_dakota.cpp
===================================================================
--- ../trunk-jpl/src/c/main/issm_dakota.cpp	(revision 25665)
+++ ../trunk-jpl/src/c/main/issm_dakota.cpp	(revision 25666)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 	sprintf(dakota_error_file,"%s/%s%s",argv[2],argv[3],".qmu.err");
 
 	/*Create directory structure for model outputs:*/
-	#ifdef _SYSTEM_FMEMOPEN_
+	#if _SYSTEM_HAS_FMEMOPEN_ == 1
 	statistics=DakotaDirStructure(argc,argv);
 	#endif
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 	env.execute();
 
 	/* Run statistics if requested:*/
-	#ifdef _SYSTEM_FMEMOPEN_
+	#if _SYSTEM_HAS_FMEMOPEN_ == 1
 	if(statistics)DakotaStatistics(argc,argv);
 	#endif
 
Index: ../trunk-jpl/src/c/Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- ../trunk-jpl/src/c/Makefile.am	(revision 25665)
+++ ../trunk-jpl/src/c/Makefile.am	(revision 25666)
@@ -353,10 +353,10 @@
 	./modules/ModelProcessorx/Dakota/CreateParametersDakota.cpp \
 	./modules/ModelProcessorx/Dakota/UpdateElementsAndMaterialsDakota.cpp \
 	./cores/dakota_core.cpp
-	if SYSTEM_FMEMOPEN
-		issm_sources += ./modules/QmuStatisticsx/QmuStatisticsx.cpp
-	fi
+if SYSTEM_HAS_FMEMOPEN
+issm_sources += ./modules/QmuStatisticsx/QmuStatisticsx.cpp
 endif
+endif
 #}}}
 #Petsc sources  {{{
 if PETSC
Index: ../trunk-jpl/m4/issm_options.m4
===================================================================
--- ../trunk-jpl/m4/issm_options.m4	(revision 25665)
+++ ../trunk-jpl/m4/issm_options.m4	(revision 25666)
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@
 
 	dnl If macOS, check if system copy of libc has fmemopen (if it is not 
 	dnl macOS, we do not check, but still must set SYSTEM_HAS_FMEMOPEN)
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([if system copy of libc has fmemopen])
 	SYSTEM_FMEMOPEN=1
 	if test "${IS_MAC}" == "yes"; then
 		if [[ $(system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType | $(which grep) "System Version:" | sed -e "s/[[:space:]]*System Version: macOS //" | cut -d "." -f 2) -lt 13 ]]; then
@@ -212,8 +213,13 @@
 			SYSTEM_FMEMOPEN=0
 		fi
 	fi
-	AC_DEFINE(_SYSTEM_FMEMOPEN_, ${SYSTEM_FMEMOPEN}, [does system libc have fmemopen])
-	AM_CONDITIONAL([SYSTEM_HAS_FMEMOPEN], [test ${SYSTEM_FMEMOPEN} == 1])
+	if test "${SYSTEM_FMEMOPEN}" == "1"; then
+		AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+	else
+		AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+	fi
+	AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([_SYSTEM_HAS_FMEMOPEN_], $SYSTEM_FMEMOPEN, [does system copy of libc have fmemopen])
+	AM_CONDITIONAL([SYSTEM_HAS_FMEMOPEN], [test "${SYSTEM_FMEMOPEN}" == "1"])
 
 	IS_WINDOWS=no
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for vendor compilers])