diff --git a/joe.changes b/joe.changes
index 1d7dd30..e2b085d 100644
--- a/joe.changes
+++ b/joe.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  5 12:38:15 UTC 2011 - uli@suse.com
+
+- cross-build fix: use %configure macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jul  9 08:27:23 UTC 2011 - lazy.kent@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/joe.spec b/joe.spec
index 1a7cfdc..3a059ee 100644
--- a/joe.spec
+++ b/joe.spec
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ mv -f po/uk.po.tmp po/uk.po
 %build
 autoreconf -fi
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -W -Wno-unused"
-./configure \
+%configure \
   --prefix=%{_prefix} \
   --mandir=%{_mandir} \
   --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir} \