1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 61f0ea0bea..254542fc6c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ shellQuoteLines()
 
 makeabs()
 {
-    local FILE=$1
-    local RES=$FILE
+    local FILE="$1"
+    local RES="$FILE"
     if [ -z "${FILE##/*}" ]; then
         true
     elif [ "$OSTYPE" = "msys" -a -z "${FILE##[a-zA-Z]:[/\\]*}" ]; then