diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6a642843ef..d4cebfe50b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ CC_O='-o $@'
 host_cflags='-D_ISOC99_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112 -O3 -g -Wall'
 host_libs='-lm'
 
-target_path='.'
+target_path='$(PWD)'
 
 # gcc stupidly only outputs the basename of targets with -MM, but we need the
 # full relative path for objects in subdirectories for non-recursive Make.