diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/zsh/zsh.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/zsh/zsh.inc
index cacce9140c..9713cfc214 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/zsh/zsh.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/zsh/zsh.inc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
 export AUTOHEADER = "true"
 
 do_configure () {
+    gnu-configize --force
     oe_runconf
 }