diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 0fbeb7db1..c11779e29 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -9611,7 +9611,7 @@ if test ${enable_boehm} = "included"; then
 echo "$as_me: Configuring included Boehm GC library:" >&6;}
   test -d gc && rm -rf gc
   if mkdir gc; then
-     (destdir=`${PWDCMD}`; cd gc; }
+     (destdir=`${PWDCMD}`; cd gc; \
       CC="${CC} ${PICFLAG}" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
         $srcdir/gc/configure --disable-shared --prefix=${destdir} \
 	--includedir=${destdir}/h --libdir=${destdir} --build=${build_alias} \
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index ea825e374..f4a588120 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ if test ${enable_boehm} = "included"; then
   AC_MSG_NOTICE([Configuring included Boehm GC library:])
   test -d gc && rm -rf gc
   if mkdir gc; then
-     (destdir=`${PWDCMD}`; cd gc; }
+     (destdir=`${PWDCMD}`; cd gc; \
       CC="${CC} ${PICFLAG}" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
         $srcdir/gc/configure --disable-shared --prefix=${destdir} \
 	--includedir=${destdir}/h --libdir=${destdir} --build=${build_alias} \