diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6467aaa..1c1497a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -378,18 +378,20 @@ EOF
 
 echo "Creating config.mak and config.h"
 
-echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" > config.mak
-echo "/* Automatically generated by configure - do not modify */" > $TMPH
+cat >config.mak <<EOF
+# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify
+prefix=$prefix
+bindir=\$(DESTDIR)$bindir
+tccdir=\$(DESTDIR)$tccdir
+libdir=\$(DESTDIR)$libdir
+ln_libdir=$libdir
+includedir=\$(DESTDIR)$includedir
+mandir=\$(DESTDIR)$mandir
+infodir=\$(DESTDIR)$infodir
+docdir=\$(DESTDIR)$docdir
+EOF
 
-echo "prefix=$prefix" >> config.mak
-echo "bindir=\$(DESTDIR)$bindir" >> config.mak
-echo "tccdir=\$(DESTDIR)$tccdir" >> config.mak
-echo "libdir=\$(DESTDIR)$libdir" >> config.mak
-echo "ln_libdir=$libdir" >> config.mak
-echo "includedir=\$(DESTDIR)$includedir" >> config.mak
-echo "mandir=\$(DESTDIR)$mandir" >> config.mak
-echo "infodir=\$(DESTDIR)$infodir" >> config.mak
-echo "docdir=\$(DESTDIR)$docdir" >> config.mak
+echo "/* Automatically generated by configure - do not modify */" > $TMPH
 print_var1()
 {
   echo "#ifndef $1" >> $TMPH