diff --git a/qemu/configure b/qemu/configure
index e36910c1..1975f466 100755
--- a/qemu/configure
+++ b/qemu/configure
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ cat <<EOD >config.status
 EOD
 printf "exec" >>config.status
 printf " '%s'" "$0" "$@" >>config.status
-echo >>config.status
+echo ' "$@"' >>config.status
 chmod +x config.status
 
 rm -r "$TMPDIR1"