diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d37b14b9c89..88c3de78129 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2724,7 +2724,7 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 BUILDDIR="`pwd`"
 
 
-if test "$srcdir" != "$BUILDDIR"; then
+if test "$srcdir" != "." -a "$srcdir" != "$BUILDDIR"; then
     # If we're building out-of-tree, we need to make sure the following
     # resources get picked up before their $srcdir counterparts.
     #   Objects/ -> typeslots.inc
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1762bd66886..bcf0387d519 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ AC_INIT(python, PYTHON_VERSION, http://bugs.python.org/)
 BUILDDIR="`pwd`"
 AC_SUBST(BUILDDIR)
 AC_SUBST(BASECPPFLAGS)
-if test "$srcdir" != "$BUILDDIR"; then
+if test "$srcdir" != "." -a "$srcdir" != "$BUILDDIR"; then
     # If we're building out-of-tree, we need to make sure the following
     # resources get picked up before their $srcdir counterparts.
     #   Objects/ -> typeslots.inc