diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 55d054a8a4..36909048f4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4174,7 +4174,7 @@ echo "License: $license"
 
 echo "Creating config.mak and config.h..."
 
-test -e Makefile || $ln_s "$source_path/Makefile" .
+test -e Makefile || echo "include $source_path/Makefile" > Makefile
 
 config_files="$TMPH config.mak"