diff --git a/libs/openzap/configure.gnu b/libs/openzap/configure.gnu
index 5785ffc0e7..002d5eab53 100644
--- a/libs/openzap/configure.gnu
+++ b/libs/openzap/configure.gnu
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-./configure "$@" --with-pic
+srcpath=$(dirname $0 2>/dev/null )  || srcpath="." 
+$srcpath/configure "$@" --with-pic