diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ed3d907911..66a65d9d45 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ rm -f config.log
 
 # Print a helpful header at the top of config.log
 echo "# QEMU configure log $(date)" >> config.log
-echo "# produced by $0 $*" >> config.log
+printf "# Configured with:" >> config.log
+printf " '%s'" "$0" "$@" >> config.log
+echo >> config.log
 echo "#" >> config.log
 
 compile_object() {