diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0f91f2a1dd..22cbb280da 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7884,7 +7884,7 @@ HAVE_XVMC = $_xvmc
 
 DEPEND_CMD   = \$(CC) -MM \$(CFLAGS) \$(filter-out %.h,\$$^) | sed "s,[0-9a-z._-]*: \(\$(SRC_DIR)/\)*\([a-z0-9]*/\)[^/]* ,\\2&,"
 
-MPDEPEND_CMD = \$(CC) -MM \$(CFLAGS) \$(filter-out %.h,$^) | sed "s,[0-9a-z._-]*: \(\$(SRC_DIR)/\)*\([a-z0-9]*/\)[^/]* ,\\2&,"
+MPDEPEND_CMD = \$(CC) -MM \$(CFLAGS) \$(filter-out %.h,$^) | sed "s,[0-9a-z._-]*: \([a-z0-9/]*/\)[^/]* ,\1&,"
 
 EOF