diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f01eb27ab4..199a89b4d9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3191,7 +3191,7 @@ echo "sysconfdir=$sysconfdir" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "qemu_confdir=$qemu_confdir" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "qemu_datadir=$qemu_datadir" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "qemu_docdir=$qemu_docdir" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "CONFIG_QEMU_HELPERDIR=\"`eval echo $libexecdir`\"" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "qemu_helperdir=$libexecdir" >> $config_host_mak
 
 echo "ARCH=$ARCH" >> $config_host_mak
 if test "$debug_tcg" = "yes" ; then