diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 40d1897ed..5910333a3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3471,6 +3471,8 @@ FOLLOW_READLINK ()
 
 ERR_MSG=""
 FOUND_ERROR=
+SRCDIR=$( cd $srcdir; pwd)
+PATH_TO_SRC=$SRCDIR
 
 
 
@@ -4789,8 +4791,6 @@ SYS_LD_LIB_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 SYS_LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD
 
 
-SRCDIR=$( cd $srcdir; pwd)
-PATH_TO_SRC=$SRCDIR
 
 ##### UTILS -- start
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4f9bbb988..cefffd6e5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ FOLLOW_READLINK ()
 
 ERR_MSG=""
 FOUND_ERROR=
+SRCDIR=$( cd $srcdir; pwd)
+PATH_TO_SRC=$SRCDIR
 
 AC_SUBST(DUPLICATE_PATHS)
 AC_ARG_WITH(duplicatePaths,
@@ -820,8 +822,6 @@ AC_SUBST(SYS_LD_PRELOAD)
 SYS_LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD
 
 AC_SUBST(PATH_TO_SRC)
-SRCDIR=$( cd $srcdir; pwd)
-PATH_TO_SRC=$SRCDIR
 
 ##### UTILS -- start