diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3c5b4fa40a9..009f4f954d9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-
 cd $(dirname "$0")
 autoconf --output configure.real
-sh ./configure.real "$@"
+exec ./configure.real "$@"