diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7f9a57804b7760..21622a24047f68 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ out/Makefile: common.gypi deps/uv/uv.gyp deps/http_parser/http_parser.gyp \
               config.gypi
 	$(PYTHON) tools/gyp_node.py -f make
 
-config.gypi: configure
+config.gypi: configure configure.py
 	@if [ -x config.status ]; then \
 		./config.status; \
 	else \
diff --git a/configure b/configure.py
similarity index 100%
rename from configure
rename to configure.py