diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b0e59ccb5d8..e3ca899d9d4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -17673,7 +17673,7 @@ ac_config_headers="$ac_config_headers src/include/pg_config.h"
 # touch files to flex/bison not needed
 cat UPDATED | grep '^\./' | while read FILE
 do
-	touch "$FILE"
+	touch $srcdir/"$FILE"
 done
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f471fab1207..91f5e51265c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-dnl $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/configure.in,v 1.280.2.4 2003/09/07 23:40:52 momjian Exp $
+dnl $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/configure.in,v 1.280.2.5 2003/09/08 01:55:52 momjian Exp $
 dnl
 dnl Developers, please strive to achieve this order:
 dnl
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ echo >src/include/stamp-h
 # touch files to flex/bison not needed
 cat UPDATED | grep '^\./' | while read FILE
 do
-	touch "$FILE"
+	touch $srcdir/"$FILE"
 done
 
 AC_OUTPUT