diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index abb03b0500c..65bac528b2d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ PHP_ADD_SOURCES(Zend, \
     zend_list.c zend_indent.c zend_builtin_functions.c zend_sprintf.c \
     zend_ini.c zend_qsort.c)
 
-if test -r "Zend/zend_objects.c"; then
+if test -r "$abs_srcdir/Zend/zend_objects.c"; then
   PHP_ADD_SOURCES(Zend, zend_objects.c zend_object_handlers.c)
 fi