diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a7b4c9cb..b6954b85 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #############################################################################
 
 srcpath=`dirname $0`
-srcpath=`(cd "$srcpath"; /bin/pwd)`
+srcpath=`(cd "$srcpath"; pwd)`
 configure=$srcpath/qtbase/configure
 if [ ! -e "$configure" ]; then
     echo "$configure not found. Did you forget to run \"init-repository\"?" >&2