diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9ab3ab4eb0..8507846483 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3622,7 +3622,7 @@ DIRS="tests tests/cris slirp audio block net pc-bios/optionrom"
 DIRS="$DIRS pc-bios/spapr-rtas"
 DIRS="$DIRS roms/seabios roms/vgabios"
 DIRS="$DIRS fsdev ui"
-DIRS="$DIRS qapi"
+DIRS="$DIRS qapi qapi-generated"
 DIRS="$DIRS qga trace"
 FILES="Makefile tests/Makefile qdict-test-data.txt"
 FILES="$FILES tests/cris/Makefile tests/cris/.gdbinit"