diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 600ca00cbe3..6cccb1bb90e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2380,7 +2380,7 @@ then
   man_dirs="man"
   man1_files=`ls -1 $srcdir/man/*.1 | sed -e 's;^.*man/;;'`
   man1_files=`echo $man1_files`
-  man8_files=`ls -8 $srcdir/man/*.8 | sed -e 's;^.*man/;;'`
+  man8_files=`ls -1 $srcdir/man/*.8 | sed -e 's;^.*man/;;'`
   man8_files=`echo $man8_files`
 else
   man_dirs=""