diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2da71f104d10467f66370c375622032a78f91235..a572dbd53252e7e911dfafea82918a18ec659d9c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ rm -f sourceme.sh Makefile.conf
 
 cd autoconf
 ./configure "${@}"
-cp Makefile.conf ../
-cp sourceme.sh ../
+if [ -e Makefile.conf ]; then cp Makefile.conf ../; fi
+if [ -e sourceme.sh ]; then cp sourceme.sh ../; fi