diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 58a7e41..a1c4a19 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(user-cfg,
 [  --with-user-cfg=FILE    If set will change the name and location of the
                           global config file used by QuakeForge.  Defaults to
                           /etc/quakeforge.conf.],
-globalconf="$withval", userconf="auto")
+userconf="$withval", userconf="auto")
 if test "x$userconf" = "xauto" || test "x$userconf" = "xyes" || \
 	test "x$userconf" = "xno"; then  dnl yes/no sanity checks
 	userconf="$default_userconf"