diff --git a/tests/docker/common.rc b/tests/docker/common.rc
index 046f8a5921..ba1f942328 100755
--- a/tests/docker/common.rc
+++ b/tests/docker/common.rc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ requires()
     done
 }
 
-build_qemu()
+configure_qemu()
 {
     config_opts="--enable-werror \
                  ${TARGET_LIST:+--target-list=${TARGET_LIST}} \
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ build_qemu()
     echo $config_opts
     $QEMU_SRC/configure $config_opts || \
         { cat config.log && test_fail "Failed to run 'configure'"; }
+}
+
+build_qemu()
+{
+    configure_qemu $@
     make $MAKEFLAGS
 }