diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 57ee62a696..61bb27caa1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4647,6 +4647,7 @@ fi
 
 # build tree in object directory in case the source is not in the current directory
 DIRS="tests tests/tcg tests/tcg/cris tests/tcg/lm32 tests/libqos tests/qapi-schema tests/tcg/xtensa tests/qemu-iotests"
+DIRS="$DIRS fsdev"
 DIRS="$DIRS pc-bios/optionrom pc-bios/spapr-rtas pc-bios/s390-ccw"
 DIRS="$DIRS roms/seabios roms/vgabios"
 DIRS="$DIRS qapi-generated"