1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b15003f9d2..073f18b3f2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ CONFIG_ALL=y
 include $(SRC_PATH)/rules.mak
 config-host.mak: $(SRC_PATH)/configure
 	@echo $@ is out-of-date, running configure
-	@sed -n "/.*Configured with/s/[^:]*: //p" $@ | sh
+	@# TODO: The next lines include code which supports a smooth
+	@# transition from old configurations without config.status.
+	@# This code can be removed after QEMU 1.7.
+	@if test -x config.status; then \
+	    ./config.status; \
+        else \
+	    sed -n "/.*Configured with/s/[^:]*: //p" $@ | sh; \
+	fi
 else
 config-host.mak:
 ifneq ($(filter-out %clean,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),$(if $(MAKECMDGOALS),,fail))