diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 30f409fd..03c193d9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ libdir = $libdir
 includedir = $includedir
 syslibdir = $syslibdir
 CC = $CC
-CFLAGS= $CFLAGS_AUTO $CFLAGS
+CFLAGS = $CFLAGS_AUTO $CFLAGS
 CFLAGS_C99FSE = $CFLAGS_C99FSE
 CFLAGS_MEMOPS = $CFLAGS_MEMOPS
 CPPFLAGS = $CPPFLAGS