diff --git a/SWIG/configure.in b/SWIG/configure.in
index 45818a5d0..5bd14f24e 100644
--- a/SWIG/configure.in
+++ b/SWIG/configure.in
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ AC_SUBST(PERL5LIB)
 AC_SUBST(PERL5CCFLAGS)
 
 # kludges to ease naming conventions conformance.
-( cd Examples ;
+( cd $srcdir/Examples ;
   test -d perl            ||                    ln -s perl5 perl ;
   test -d test-suite/perl || ( cd test-suite && ln -s perl5 perl ) )
 
@@ -903,8 +903,8 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(PHP4INC)
 
 # kludges to ease naming conventions conformance.
-( cd Examples/GIFPlot ; test -d Php4 || ln -s Php Php4 )
-( cd Examples/php4 ; for dir in `sed '/^#/d' check.list` ; do
+( cd $srcdir/Examples/GIFPlot ; test -d Php4 || ln -s Php Php4 )
+( cd $srcdir/Examples/php4 ; for dir in `sed '/^#/d' check.list` ; do
     test -f $dir/Makefile || ( cd $dir ; ln -s ../Makefile.php Makefile )
   done )