diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8788354d69..b64c99b427 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3025,7 +3025,7 @@ echo "mandir=$mandir" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "qemu_datadir=$qemu_datadir" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "sysconfdir=$sysconfdir" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "docdir=$qemu_docdir" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "confdir=$qemu_confdir" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "qemu_confdir=$qemu_confdir" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "libexecdir=\${prefix}/libexec" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "CONFIG_QEMU_SHAREDIR=\"$prefix$datasuffix\"" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "CONFIG_QEMU_HELPERDIR=\"$prefix/libexec\"" >> $config_host_mak