diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8df0ef3..1cb5571 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 # all of its config scripts in a different directory than the configure
 # script itself.
 
-( CFLAGS="-g" ; export CFLAGS ; cd scripts ; ./configure "$@" )
+export CFLAGS="-g"
+cd scripts
+exec ./configure "$@"