diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2f08da22..6f444518 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1761,10 +1761,10 @@ fi
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}yes" >&6; }
 test "$program_prefix" != NONE &&
-  program_transform_name="s|^|$program_prefix|;$program_transform_name"
+  program_transform_name="s&^&$program_prefix&;$program_transform_name"
 # Use a double $ so make ignores it.
 test "$program_suffix" != NONE &&
-  program_transform_name="s|\$|$program_suffix|;$program_transform_name"
+  program_transform_name="s&\$&$program_suffix&;$program_transform_name"
 # Double any \ or $.  echo might interpret backslashes.
 # By default was `s,x,x', remove it if useless.
 cat <<\_ACEOF >conftest.sed
@@ -3596,16 +3596,16 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF
 :t
 /@[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*@/!b
-s|@configure_input@|$configure_input|;t t
-s|@top_builddir@|$ac_top_builddir_sub|;t t
-s|@srcdir@|$ac_srcdir|;t t
-s|@abs_srcdir@|$ac_abs_srcdir|;t t
-s|@top_srcdir@|$ac_top_srcdir|;t t
-s|@abs_top_srcdir@|$ac_abs_top_srcdir|;t t
-s|@builddir@|$ac_builddir|;t t
-s|@abs_builddir@|$ac_abs_builddir|;t t
-s|@abs_top_builddir@|$ac_abs_top_builddir|;t t
-s|@INSTALL@|$ac_INSTALL|;t t
+s&@configure_input@&$configure_input&;t t
+s&@top_builddir@&$ac_top_builddir_sub&;t t
+s&@srcdir@&$ac_srcdir&;t t
+s&@abs_srcdir@&$ac_abs_srcdir&;t t
+s&@top_srcdir@&$ac_top_srcdir&;t t
+s&@abs_top_srcdir@&$ac_abs_top_srcdir&;t t
+s&@builddir@&$ac_builddir&;t t
+s&@abs_builddir@&$ac_abs_builddir&;t t
+s&@abs_top_builddir@&$ac_abs_top_builddir&;t t
+s&@INSTALL@&$ac_INSTALL&;t t
 " $ac_file_inputs | sed -f "$tmp/subs-1.sed" >$tmp/out
   rm -f "$tmp/stdin"
   if test x"$ac_file" != x-; then