diff --git a/network/rsync/rsync.conf b/network/rsync/rsync.conf
index e640cb5ce..ee9f56d06 100644
--- a/network/rsync/rsync.conf
+++ b/network/rsync/rsync.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../rsync/rsync.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
@@ -15,3 +16,5 @@
 # for most architecutres and cross compile
 var_append GCC_WRAPPER_INSERT ' ' '-DHAVE_VA_COPY=1'
 
+# use the supplied 'configure.sh' directly (fixes cross-compiling)
+configscript="./configure.sh"