diff --git a/libs/freetdm/configure.gnu b/libs/freetdm/configure.gnu
index 5785ffc0e7..d00cd18473 100755
--- a/libs/freetdm/configure.gnu
+++ b/libs/freetdm/configure.gnu
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-./configure "$@" --with-pic
-
+srcpath=$(dirname $0 2>/dev/null )  || srcpath="." 
+$srcpath/configure "$@" --with-pic