diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d2868c159..51f404d9e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -204,12 +204,13 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_FERITE, test "x$ferite" = "xyes")
 AC_SUBST(CP_OPTIONS)
 
 if test "x$ferite" = "xyes"; then
-  pushd $packagesrcdir/src >& /dev/null
+  save_dir=`pwd`
+  cd $packagesrcdir/src
     echo -n "... building ferite binding c code ... ";
     rm -f e_ferite_gen_*;
     $FEBUILDER -m e_ferite_gen -i e_ferite_register -d -c e_ferite.fec;
     echo "done.";
-  popd >& /dev/null
+  cd $save_dir
 fi
 
 CFLAGS=$imlib2_cflags
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 40e9cf5c2..aed18765e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -203,12 +203,13 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_FERITE, test "x$ferite" = "xyes")
 AC_SUBST(CP_OPTIONS)
 
 if test "x$ferite" = "xyes"; then
-  pushd $packagesrcdir/src >& /dev/null
+  save_dir=`pwd`
+  cd $packagesrcdir/src
     echo -n "... building ferite binding c code ... ";
     rm -f e_ferite_gen_*;
     $FEBUILDER -m e_ferite_gen -i e_ferite_register -d -c e_ferite.fec;
     echo "done.";
-  popd >& /dev/null
+  cd $save_dir
 fi
 
 CFLAGS=$imlib2_cflags