diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0f378fb..6538554 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ error_msg()
 
 init_vars()
 {
-	mb_project_dir=`readlink -f $(dirname $0)`
+	mb_project_dir=$(cd `dirname $0` ; pwd)
 	mb_pwd=`pwd`
 
 	if [ x"$mb_config" = x ]; then