diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d47bb69e..ae0a0fc1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 # script itself.  It also sets up CFLAGS without the default optimizer
 # flag (-O2).
 
-( CFLAGS="-g"; export CFLAGS; cd scripts ; ./configure $* )
+( CFLAGS="-g"; export CFLAGS; cd scripts ; ./configure "$@" )