diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 966cd7d29d874a1ea31f6795e655378dacc9d25d..7c0671953978e45babfbb4008db2b8ee7ba23226 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ EOF
             kvm_cflags="$kvm_cflags -I$kerneldir/arch/$cpu/include"
       fi
   else
-    kvm_cflags=`pkg-config --cflags kvm-kmod 2> /dev/null`
+    kvm_cflags=`$pkgconfig --cflags kvm-kmod 2>/dev/null`
   fi
   if compile_prog "$kvm_cflags" "" ; then
     kvm=yes