diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index c3c37ccc749..307e7fe2f2b 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ dnl the IDENTIFIER: lines translated, then source it.
 [
 rm -f conftest.sh
 sed 's/^\([A-Za-z_]*\):\(.*\)$/\1="\2"/' "template/$TEMPLATE" >conftest.sh
-. conftest.sh
+. ./conftest.sh
 rm -f conftest.sh
 ]