diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ab42f947..ce1d6983 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1084,35 +1084,24 @@ WITH_BASH = ${WITH_BASH}
 WITH_ZSH = ${WITH_ZSH}
 
 # Combined flags for compiling and linking against all of the above
-CONFIGURE_CFLAGS = -DHAVE_GETLINE=\$(HAVE_GETLINE) \$(GMIME_CFLAGS)      \\
-		   -DHAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME=\$(HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME) \\
-		   \$(ZLIB_CFLAGS)					 \\
-		   \$(TALLOC_CFLAGS) -DHAVE_VALGRIND=\$(HAVE_VALGRIND)   \\
-		   \$(VALGRIND_CFLAGS)                                   \\
-		   -DHAVE_STRCASESTR=\$(HAVE_STRCASESTR)                 \\
-		   -DHAVE_STRSEP=\$(HAVE_STRSEP)                         \\
-		   -DHAVE_TIMEGM=\$(HAVE_TIMEGM)                         \\
-		   -DHAVE_D_TYPE=\$(HAVE_D_TYPE)                         \\
-		   -DSTD_GETPWUID=\$(STD_GETPWUID)                       \\
-		   -DSTD_ASCTIME=\$(STD_ASCTIME)                         \\
-		   -DHAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT=\$(HAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT)	 \\
-		   -DHAVE_XAPIAN_FIELD_PROCESSOR=\$(HAVE_XAPIAN_FIELD_PROCESSOR) \\
-		   -DUTIL_BYTE_ORDER=\$(UTIL_BYTE_ORDER)
+COMMON_CONFIGURE_CFLAGS = \\
+	\$(GMIME_CFLAGS) \$(TALLOC_CFLAGS) \$(ZLIB_CFLAGS)	\\
+	-DHAVE_VALGRIND=\$(HAVE_VALGRIND) \$(VALGRIND_CFLAGS)	\\
+	-DHAVE_GETLINE=\$(HAVE_GETLINE)				\\
+	-DHAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME=\$(HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME) \\
+	-DHAVE_STRCASESTR=\$(HAVE_STRCASESTR)			\\
+	-DHAVE_STRSEP=\$(HAVE_STRSEP)				\\
+	-DHAVE_TIMEGM=\$(HAVE_TIMEGM)				\\
+	-DHAVE_D_TYPE=\$(HAVE_D_TYPE)				\\
+	-DSTD_GETPWUID=\$(STD_GETPWUID)				\\
+	-DSTD_ASCTIME=\$(STD_ASCTIME)				\\
+	-DHAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT=\$(HAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT)		\\
+	-DHAVE_XAPIAN_FIELD_PROCESSOR=\$(HAVE_XAPIAN_FIELD_PROCESSOR) \\
+	-DUTIL_BYTE_ORDER=\$(UTIL_BYTE_ORDER)
 
-CONFIGURE_CXXFLAGS = -DHAVE_GETLINE=\$(HAVE_GETLINE) \$(GMIME_CFLAGS)    \\
-		     -DHAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME=\$(HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME) \\
-		     \$(ZLIB_CFLAGS)					 \\
-		     \$(TALLOC_CFLAGS) -DHAVE_VALGRIND=\$(HAVE_VALGRIND) \\
-		     \$(VALGRIND_CFLAGS) \$(XAPIAN_CXXFLAGS)             \\
-		     -DHAVE_STRCASESTR=\$(HAVE_STRCASESTR)               \\
-		     -DHAVE_STRSEP=\$(HAVE_STRSEP)                       \\
-		     -DHAVE_TIMEGM=\$(HAVE_TIMEGM)                       \\
-		     -DHAVE_D_TYPE=\$(HAVE_D_TYPE)                       \\
-		     -DSTD_GETPWUID=\$(STD_GETPWUID)                     \\
-		     -DSTD_ASCTIME=\$(STD_ASCTIME)                       \\
-		     -DHAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT=\$(HAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT)       \\
-		     -DHAVE_XAPIAN_FIELD_PROCESSOR=\$(HAVE_XAPIAN_FIELD_PROCESSOR) \\
-		     -DUTIL_BYTE_ORDER=\$(UTIL_BYTE_ORDER)
+CONFIGURE_CFLAGS = \$(COMMON_CONFIGURE_CFLAGS)
+
+CONFIGURE_CXXFLAGS = \$(COMMON_CONFIGURE_CFLAGS) \$(XAPIAN_CXXFLAGS)
 
 CONFIGURE_LDFLAGS =  \$(GMIME_LDFLAGS) \$(TALLOC_LDFLAGS) \$(ZLIB_LDFLAGS) \$(XAPIAN_LDFLAGS)
 EOF