diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f75a0227b1..ca07dba8a1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Id: 810b2fa7f4d7cddaa014d0727a62cd13d1b7068f .
+# From configure.in Id: 72cd4c0631fb2e0f29b8d66eb4786d97441f5249 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.65.
 #
@@ -20324,7 +20324,7 @@ else
 __db_version DB_VERSION_MAJOR
 
 _ACEOF
-	set X `eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext" | $EGREP __db_version` none none
+	set X `eval "$ac_cpp -P conftest.$ac_ext" | $EGREP __db_version` none none
 	ol_cv_bdb_major=${3}
 
 fi
@@ -20350,7 +20350,7 @@ else
 __db_version DB_VERSION_MINOR
 
 _ACEOF
-	set X `eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext" | $EGREP __db_version` none none
+	set X `eval "$ac_cpp -P conftest.$ac_ext" | $EGREP __db_version` none none
 	ol_cv_bdb_minor=${3}
 
 fi