diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7e0cdd5173f..93df88fce9b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.175 
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.176 
 
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated automatically using autoconf version 2.13 
@@ -5975,6 +5975,9 @@ fi
 echo $ac_n "checking for Modules/Setup""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 echo "configure:5977: checking for Modules/Setup" >&5
 if test ! -f Modules/Setup ; then
+    if test ! -d Modules ; then
+        mkdir Modules
+    fi
     cp "$srcdir/Modules/Setup.dist" Modules/Setup
     echo "$ac_t""creating" 1>&6
 else