diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 65d7a0cf55c..3c5b4fa40a9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-autoconf --output configure.real
-sh ./configure.real
+
+cd $(dirname "$0")
+autoconf --output configure.real
+sh ./configure.real "$@"