diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f74af093b9..973d18fe6a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3964,7 +3964,7 @@ if true; then ###[ '!' -f "$outpath/bin/qmake" ];
 	adjoutpath=`echo "$outpath" | sed 's/ /\\\\\\\\ /g'`
 	adjqmakespec=`echo "$QMAKESPEC" | sed 's/ /\\\\\\\\ /g'`
 
-        echo "BUILD_PATH = $adjoutpath" >> "$mkfile"
+        echo "BUILD_PATH = .." >> "$mkfile"
         echo "SOURCE_PATH = $adjrelpath" >> "$mkfile"
         if [ -e "$relpath/.git" ]; then
             echo 'INC_PATH = $(BUILD_PATH)/include' >> "$mkfile"
diff --git a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
index 0516ad7cd8..4c8adfaf30 100644
--- a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
@@ -3160,7 +3160,7 @@ void Configure::detectArch()
 
         // run qmake
         QString command = QString("%1 -spec %2 %3")
-            .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(buildPath + "/bin/qmake.exe"),
+            .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(QDir(newpwd).relativeFilePath(buildPath + "/bin/qmake.exe")),
                  QDir::toNativeSeparators(qmakespec),
                  QDir::toNativeSeparators(sourcePath + "/config.tests/arch/arch"
                                           + (data.isHost ? "_host" : "") + ".pro"));
@@ -3268,7 +3268,7 @@ bool Configure::tryCompileProject(const QString &projectPath, const QString &ext
 
     // run qmake
     QString command = QString("%1 %2 %3 2>&1")
-        .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(buildPath + "/bin/qmake.exe"),
+        .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(QDir(newpwd).relativeFilePath(buildPath + "/bin/qmake.exe")),
              QDir::toNativeSeparators(sourcePath + "/config.tests/" + projectPath),
              extraOptions);
 
@@ -4133,10 +4133,10 @@ void Configure::buildQmake()
             if (out.open(QFile::WriteOnly | QFile::Text)) {
                 QTextStream stream(&out);
                 stream << "#AutoGenerated by configure.exe" << endl
-                    << "BUILD_PATH = " << QDir::toNativeSeparators(buildPath) << endl
+                    << "BUILD_PATH = .." << endl
                     << "SOURCE_PATH = " << QDir::toNativeSeparators(sourcePath) << endl
                     << "INC_PATH = " << QDir::toNativeSeparators(
-                           (QFile::exists(sourcePath + "/.git") ? buildPath : sourcePath)
+                           (QFile::exists(sourcePath + "/.git") ? ".." : sourcePath)
                            + "/include") << endl;
                 stream << "QT_VERSION = " << dictionary["VERSION"] << endl;
                 if (dictionary[ "QMAKESPEC" ] == QString("win32-g++")) {