diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 9f363f6292a2f66f0d34b672f80561863900d782..8aa96dcb08d2a3b08846141fba0a45900a80c1db 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ my $target="";
 my $options="";
 foreach (@ARGV)
 	{
+	s /^-no-/no-/; # some people just can't read the instructions
 	if (/^no-asm$/)
 	 	{
 		$no_asm=1;