diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index 2378b103..ea5eb885 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ XAPIANCXXFLAGS=`$XAPIAN_CONFIG --cxxflags`
 #
 
 if test X$QTDIR != X ; then
-   PATH=$QTDIR/bin:$PATH
+   PATH=$PATH:$QTDIR/bin
    export PATH
 fi