diff --git a/projects/sample/autoconf/AutoRegen.sh b/projects/sample/autoconf/AutoRegen.sh
index 126703b..6e6931c 100755
--- a/projects/sample/autoconf/AutoRegen.sh
+++ b/projects/sample/autoconf/AutoRegen.sh
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
 if test -d ../../../autoconf/m4 ; then
   cd ../../../autoconf/m4
   llvm_m4=`pwd`
-  llvm_src_root=../../..
-  llvm_obj_root=../../..
+  llvm_src_root=../..
+  llvm_obj_root=../..
   cd $cwd
 elif test -d ../../llvm/autoconf/m4 ; then
   cd ../../llvm/autoconf/m4
   llvm_m4=`pwd`
-  llvm_src_root=../..
-  llvm_obj_root=../..
+  llvm_src_root=..
+  llvm_obj_root=..
   cd $cwd
 else
   while true ; do
diff --git a/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac b/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac
index 221dcc4..4e61bee 100644
--- a/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@
 AC_INIT([[[SAMPLE]]],[[[x.xx]]],[bugs@yourdomain])
 
 dnl Identify where LLVM source tree is
-LLVM_SRC_ROOT="../../"
-LLVM_OBJ_ROOT="../../"
+LLVM_SRC_ROOT="../.."
+LLVM_OBJ_ROOT="../.."
+
+dnl Find absolute paths to LLVM source and object trees
+LLVM_ABS_SRC_ROOT="`cd $srcdir ; cd $LLVM_SRC_ROOT ; pwd`"
+LLVM_ABS_OBJ_ROOT="`cd $LLVM_OBJ_ROOT ; pwd`"
 
 dnl Tell autoconf that this is an LLVM project being configured
 dnl This provides the --with-llvmsrc and --with-llvmobj options
-LLVM_CONFIG_PROJECT($LLVM_SRC_ROOT,$LLVM_OBJ_ROOT)
+LLVM_CONFIG_PROJECT($LLVM_ABS_SRC_ROOT,$LLVM_ABS_OBJ_ROOT)
 
 dnl Tell autoconf that the auxilliary files are actually located in
 dnl the LLVM autoconf directory, not here.