diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 70add7009c1665d671f8089dda11d4206fc8afd7..74548c8865741db4319ee50d1b1fe7e3fea0fe73 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ done
 enabled avisynth   && require2 vfw32 "windows.h vfw.h" AVIFileInit -lvfw32
 enabled libamr_nb  && require  libamrnb amrnb/interf_dec.h Speech_Decode_Frame_init -lamrnb -lm
 enabled libamr_wb  && require  libamrwb amrwb/dec_if.h D_IF_init -lamrwb -lm
-enabled libdirac   && add_cflags "$(pkg-config --cflags dirac)" &&
+enabled libdirac   && add_cflags $(pkg-config --cflags dirac) &&
                       require  libdirac libdirac_decoder/dirac_parser.h dirac_decoder_init -ldirac_decoder &&
                       require  libdirac libdirac_encoder/dirac_encoder.h dirac_encoder_init -ldirac_encoder
 enabled libfaac    && require2 libfaac "stdint.h faac.h" faacEncGetVersion -lfaac