diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6f6a319c2f65..f16fa99060c1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1571,20 +1571,15 @@ libexecdir="${libexecdir:-$prefix/libexec}"
 includedir="${includedir:-$prefix/include}"
 
 if test "$mingw32" = "yes" ; then
-    mandir="$prefix"
-    datadir="$prefix"
-    docdir="$prefix"
-    bindir="$prefix"
-    sysconfdir="$prefix"
-    local_statedir="$prefix"
+    bindir="${bindir:-$prefix}"
 else
-    mandir="${mandir:-$prefix/share/man}"
-    datadir="${datadir:-$prefix/share}"
-    docdir="${docdir:-$prefix/share/doc}"
     bindir="${bindir:-$prefix/bin}"
-    sysconfdir="${sysconfdir:-$prefix/etc}"
-    local_statedir="${local_statedir:-$prefix/var}"
 fi
+mandir="${mandir:-$prefix/share/man}"
+datadir="${datadir:-$prefix/share}"
+docdir="${docdir:-$prefix/share/doc}"
+sysconfdir="${sysconfdir:-$prefix/etc}"
+local_statedir="${local_statedir:-$prefix/var}"
 firmwarepath="${firmwarepath:-$datadir/qemu-firmware}"
 localedir="${localedir:-$datadir/locale}"