diff --git a/libveriuser/configure.in b/libveriuser/configure.in
index 099c2a129..6c686194e 100644
--- a/libveriuser/configure.in
+++ b/libveriuser/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 AC_INIT(Makefile.in)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
+AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
diff --git a/vpip/configure.in b/vpip/configure.in
index 53a012481..806974c51 100644
--- a/vpip/configure.in
+++ b/vpip/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 AC_INIT(Makefile.in)
 
+AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(STRIP, strip, true)
 AC_PROG_INSTALL