diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 367e09a7..6e44966f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@
 # script itself.  It also sets up CFLAGS without the default optimizer
 # flag (-O2).
 
-( CFLAGS=${CFLAGS:-"-g"}; export CFLAGS; cd scripts ; ./configure "$@" )
+basedir=$(dirname "$0")
+( CFLAGS=${CFLAGS:-"-g"}; export CFLAGS; cd "${basedir}/scripts" ; ./configure "$@" )