diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5fae19858d..28e1cf6291 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3754,7 +3754,7 @@ fi
 
 for target in $target_list; do
     target_dir="$target"
-    target_name=$(echo $target | cut -d '-' -f 1)
+    target_name=$(echo $target | cut -d '-' -f 1)$EXESUF
     mkdir -p $target_dir
     case $target in
         *-user) symlink "../qemu-$target_name" "$target_dir/qemu-$target_name" ;;