diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1a56c0db35c..0053b8de700 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -695,13 +695,17 @@ config = '\n'.join(map('='.join, config.iteritems())) + '\n'
 write('config.mk',
       '# Do not edit. Generated by the configure script.\n' + config)
 
-if options.use_ninja:
-  gyp_args = ['-f', 'ninja-' + flavor]
-elif options.use_xcode:
-  gyp_args = ['-f', 'xcode']
-elif flavor == 'win':
-  gyp_args = ['-f', 'msvs', '-G', 'msvs_version=auto']
-else:
-  gyp_args = ['-f', 'make-' + flavor]
+gyp_args = [sys.executable, 'tools/gyp_node.py']
 
-subprocess.call([sys.executable, 'tools/gyp_node.py'] + gyp_args)
+if options.use_ninja:
+  gyp_args += ['-f', 'ninja-' + flavor]
+elif options.use_xcode:
+  gyp_args += ['-f', 'xcode']
+elif flavor == 'win':
+  gyp_args += ['-f', 'msvs', '-G', 'msvs_version=auto']
+else:
+  gyp_args += ['-f', 'make-' + flavor]
+
+gyp_args += args
+
+subprocess.call(gyp_args)