diff --git a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
index 2f462ff..5d74333 100644
--- a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ oe_runconf () {
 	cfgscript="${S}/configure"
 	if [ -x "$cfgscript" ] ; then
 		bbnote "Running $cfgscript ${CONFIGUREOPTS} ${EXTRA_OECONF} $@"
-		$cfgscript ${CONFIGUREOPTS} ${EXTRA_OECONF} "$@" || bbfatal "oe_runconf failed"
+		${CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS} $cfgscript ${CONFIGUREOPTS} ${EXTRA_OECONF} "$@" || bbfatal "oe_runconf failed"
 	else
 		bbfatal "no configure script found at $cfgscript"
 	fi