diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4dd8f15..cd4de31 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ gen_CFLAGS
 gen_LDFLAGS
 
 for directory in $imports; do
-	mkdir -p directory
+	mkdir -p "$directory"
 	Iflags="$(printf '%s -I%s' "$Iflags" "$directory" | xargs)"
 done