diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e130c6cb14..5c1722db05 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ done
 
 export "${cflags?}" "${cxxflags?}"
 set -x
-exec meson build "${args[@]}"
+exec meson setup build "${args[@]}"