diff --git a/src/bootstrap/configure.py b/src/bootstrap/configure.py
index a16f77317c82b..76a153b60a30d 100755
--- a/src/bootstrap/configure.py
+++ b/src/bootstrap/configure.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ def parse_args(args):
 
     config = {}
 
-    set('build.configure-args', sys.argv[1:], config)
+    set('build.configure-args', args, config)
     apply_args(known_args, option_checking, config)
     return parse_example_config(known_args, config)