diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 816b4b892..e2a5dd36e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -294,34 +294,34 @@ fi
 
 # create config.make
 echo '# config.make generated by configure script' >$build/config.make
-echo "POCO_CONFIG = $config" >>$build/config.make
-echo "POCO_BASE = $base" >>$build/config.make
-echo "POCO_BUILD = $build" >>$build/config.make
-echo "POCO_FLAGS = $flags" >>$build/config.make
+echo "POCO_CONFIG=$config" >>$build/config.make
+echo "POCO_BASE=$base" >>$build/config.make
+echo "POCO_BUILD=$build" >>$build/config.make
+echo "POCO_FLAGS=$flags" >>$build/config.make
 if [ -n "$prefix" ] ; then
-echo "POCO_PREFIX = $prefix" >>$build/config.make
+echo "POCO_PREFIX=$prefix" >>$build/config.make
 fi
-echo "OMIT = $omit" >>$build/config.make
+echo "OMIT=$omit" >>$build/config.make
 if [ -n "$stdcxx_base" ] ; then
-	echo "STDCXX_BASE = $stdcxx_base" >>$build/config.make
+	echo "STDCXX_BASE=$stdcxx_base" >>$build/config.make
 fi
 if [ -n "$includepath" ] ; then
-	echo "POCO_ADD_INCLUDE = $includepath" >>$build/config.make
+	echo "POCO_ADD_INCLUDE=$includepath" >>$build/config.make
 fi
 if [ -n "$librarypath" ] ; then
-	echo "POCO_ADD_LIBRARY = $librarypath" >>$build/config.make
+	echo "POCO_ADD_LIBRARY=$librarypath" >>$build/config.make
 fi
 if [ -n "$odbclib" ] ; then
-        echo "POCO_ODBC_LIB = $odbclib" >>$build/config.make
+        echo "POCO_ODBC_LIB=$odbclib" >>$build/config.make
 fi
 if [ -n "$odbcinclude" ] ; then
-        echo "POCO_ODBC_INCLUDE = $odbcinclude" >>$build/config.make
+        echo "POCO_ODBC_INCLUDE=$odbcinclude" >>$build/config.make
 fi
 if [ -n "$unbundled" ] ; then
-	echo "POCO_UNBUNDLED = 1" >>$build/config.make
+	echo "POCO_UNBUNDLED=1" >>$build/config.make
 fi
 if [ -n "$linkmode" ] ; then
-	echo "LINKMODE = $linkmode" >>$build/config.make
+	echo "LINKMODE=$linkmode" >>$build/config.make
 fi
 
 cat <<__EOF__ >>$build/config.make