diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 84dab9f5cc4..377831e499f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main/php_version.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
 AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER
 
-PHP_CONFIG_NICE(config.nice)
+PHP_CONFIG_NICE([config.nice])
 
 PHP_CANONICAL_HOST_TARGET
 
diff --git a/scripts/phpize.m4 b/scripts/phpize.m4
index bd81e350255..646a2728475 100644
--- a/scripts/phpize.m4
+++ b/scripts/phpize.m4
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
 AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER
 
-PHP_CONFIG_NICE(config.nice)
+PHP_CONFIG_NICE([config.nice])
 
 AC_DEFUN([PHP_EXT_BUILDDIR],[.])dnl
 AC_DEFUN([PHP_EXT_DIR],[""])dnl