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-rwxr-xr-xconfigure.py4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 81ce264a2..bce0c42d7 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -2864,6 +2864,10 @@ def validate_options(options, info_os, info_cc, available_module_policies):
raise UserError("--destdir was removed. Use the DESTDIR environment "
"variable instead when calling 'make install'")
+ if options.prefix and not os.path.isabs(options.prefix):
+ raise UserError("expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: %s" %
+ options.prefix)
+
# Warnings
if options.os == 'windows' and options.compiler == 'gcc':