diff --git a/llvm/autoconf/m4/config_makefile.m4 b/llvm/autoconf/m4/config_makefile.m4
index e30f18762015..f21a25631edf 100644
--- a/llvm/autoconf/m4/config_makefile.m4
+++ b/llvm/autoconf/m4/config_makefile.m4
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@
 # date.  This macro is unique to LLVM.
 #
 AC_DEFUN([AC_CONFIG_MAKEFILE],
-[AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS($1,${SHELL} ${srcdir}/autoconf/install-sh -c ${srcdir}/$1 $1,${srcdir}/autoconf/mkinstalldirs `dirname $1`)
+[AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS($1,
+  [${llvm_src}/autoconf/mkinstalldirs `dirname $1`
+   ${SHELL} ${llvm_src}/autoconf/install-sh -c ${srcdir}/$1 $1])
 ])