diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3f8b6f58b3..55dfc6785f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ROOT_DIR="`dirname $0`"
 ROOT_DIR="`cd $ROOT_DIR && pwd`"
 
 PWD="`pwd`"
-PREFIX="`pwd`/bin"
+PREFIX="$PWD/bin"
 
 . $ROOT_DIR/config.lib