diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index cb87bf782c4..f59a8156bfd 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ else
     run_versioned automake "$AM_VERSION" --copy --foreign --add-missing
 
     if [ "x$1" != "xac" ]; then
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g -O0" ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var "$@"
+        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g -O0" ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --with-rootdir= "$@"
         make clean
     fi
 fi