diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bec86b2..736a59c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -9598,7 +9598,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
-MKINSTALLDIRS='mkdir -p'
+MKINSTALLDIRS='$(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs'
 
 
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Make.rules Makefile lib/Makefile man/Makefile util/Makefile sutil/Makefile ipx-1.0/Makefile ipx-1.0/Samples/Makefile ipxdump/Makefile contrib/tknwmsg/Makefile contrib/testing/Makefile contrib/testing/pp/Makefile contrib/tcl-utils/Makefile contrib/tests/Makefile intl/Makefile po/Makefile.in contrib/pam/Makefile contrib/php/Makefile.in"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ef5b427..daf39af 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(shlibext)
 AC_SUBST(libext)
 
-MKINSTALLDIRS='mkdir -p'
+MKINSTALLDIRS='$(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs'
 AC_SUBST(MKINSTALLDIRS)
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([