diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b88d0dbbf9..2f7600a783 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5942,7 +5942,7 @@ cat <<EOD >config.status
 EOD
 printf "exec" >>config.status
 printf " '%s'" "$0" "$@" >>config.status
-echo >>config.status
+echo ' "$@"' >>config.status
 chmod +x config.status
 
 rm -r "$TMPDIR1"