diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f0bc726..fcb744e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4154,6 +4154,10 @@ echo "QEMU_CFLAGS+=$cflags" >> $config_target_mak
 echo "QEMU_INCLUDES+=$includes" >> $config_target_mak
 
 done # for target in $targets
+ 
+if [ "$pixman" = "internal" ]; then
+  echo "config-host.h: pixman/Makefile" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
 
 # build tree in object directory in case the source is not in the current directory
 DIRS="tests tests/tcg tests/tcg/cris tests/tcg/lm32"