diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 7857e13..f15a11b 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def read_make_config():
     with open("make.config",'r') as f:
         for line in f.readlines():
           try:
-            key, value = line.strip().split('=')
+            key, value = line.strip().split('=',1)
           except:
             print "Error in make.config:"
             print line