diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 26c7bc5154..5f1828f1ec 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2416,7 +2416,7 @@ echo "QEMU_OBJCFLAGS=$QEMU_OBJCFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "GLIB_CFLAGS=$glib_cflags" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "GLIB_LIBS=$glib_libs" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "GLIB_BINDIR=$glib_bindir" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "GLIB_VERSION=$(pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0)" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "GLIB_VERSION=$($pkg_config --modversion glib-2.0)" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "QEMU_LDFLAGS=$QEMU_LDFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "EXESUF=$EXESUF" >> $config_host_mak