diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bee25c3a35..edcf94c462 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.ac Revision: 288637 .
+# From configure.ac Revision: 290101 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for asterisk 1.6.2.
 #
@@ -44914,9 +44914,9 @@ fi
 
 
 if test -f makeopts; then
-	${ac_cv_path_EGREP} 'CURSES|GTK2|OSARCH|NEWT' makeopts > makeopts.bak
+	${ac_cv_path_EGREP} 'CURSES|GTK2|OSARCH|NEWT' makeopts > makeopts.acbak
 else
-	touch makeopts.bak
+	touch makeopts.acbak
 fi
 
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files build_tools/menuselect-deps makeopts channels/h323/Makefile"
@@ -46593,14 +46593,14 @@ if test "$no_create" != yes; then
 fi
 
 
-${ac_cv_path_EGREP} 'CURSES|GTK2|OSARCH|NEWT' makeopts > makeopts.bak2
+${ac_cv_path_EGREP} 'CURSES|GTK2|OSARCH|NEWT' makeopts > makeopts.acbak2
 if test "x${ac_cv_path_CMP}" = "x:"; then
-	( cd menuselect && ./configure )
-else if ${ac_cv_path_CMP} -s makeopts.bak makeopts.bak2; then : ; else
-	( cd menuselect && ./configure )
+	( cd `pwd`/menuselect && ./configure )
+else if ${ac_cv_path_CMP} -s makeopts.acbak makeopts.acbak2; then : ; else
+	( cd `pwd`/menuselect && ./configure )
 fi ; fi
 
-rm makeopts.bak makeopts.bak2
+rm makeopts.acbak makeopts.acbak2
 
 
 if test "x${silent}" != "xyes" ; then
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 53953068e3..c2a9133378 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1876,9 +1876,9 @@ AC_SUBST([GENERIC_ODBC_INCLUDE])
 AC_SUBST([PBX_GENERIC_ODBC])
 
 if test -f makeopts; then
-	${ac_cv_path_EGREP} 'CURSES|GTK2|OSARCH|NEWT' makeopts > makeopts.bak
+	${ac_cv_path_EGREP} 'CURSES|GTK2|OSARCH|NEWT' makeopts > makeopts.acbak
 else
-	touch makeopts.bak
+	touch makeopts.acbak
 fi
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([build_tools/menuselect-deps makeopts channels/h323/Makefile])
@@ -1896,14 +1896,14 @@ fi
 
 AC_OUTPUT
 
-${ac_cv_path_EGREP} 'CURSES|GTK2|OSARCH|NEWT' makeopts > makeopts.bak2
+${ac_cv_path_EGREP} 'CURSES|GTK2|OSARCH|NEWT' makeopts > makeopts.acbak2
 if test "x${ac_cv_path_CMP}" = "x:"; then
-	( cd menuselect && ./configure )
-else if ${ac_cv_path_CMP} -s makeopts.bak makeopts.bak2; then : ; else
-	( cd menuselect && ./configure )
+	( cd `pwd`/menuselect && ./configure )
+else if ${ac_cv_path_CMP} -s makeopts.acbak makeopts.acbak2; then : ; else
+	( cd `pwd`/menuselect && ./configure )
 fi ; fi
 
-rm makeopts.bak makeopts.bak2
+rm makeopts.acbak makeopts.acbak2
 
 
 if test "x${silent}" != "xyes" ; then