diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5e5596d..172b235 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1566,7 +1566,10 @@
 fi
 if test "$libhdfs" = "yes" ; then
   output_sym "CONFIG_LIBHDFS"
-fi
+  echo "JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "FIO_LIBHDFS_INCLUDE=$FIO_LIBHDFS_INCLUDE" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "FIO_LIBHDFS_LIB=$FIO_LIBHDFS_LIB" >> $config_host_mak
+ fi
 if test "$arith" = "yes" ; then
   output_sym "CONFIG_ARITHMETIC"
   if test "$yacc_is_bison" = "yes" ; then