diff --git a/libs/apr/configure.gnu b/libs/apr/configure.gnu
index a22f176e74..c78238de46 100644
--- a/libs/apr/configure.gnu
+++ b/libs/apr/configure.gnu
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-./configure "$@" --disable-shared --with-pic
+srcpath=$(dirname $0 2>/dev/null )  || srcpath="." 
+$srcpath/configure "$@" --disable-shared --with-pic