diff --git a/autoconf/configure.ac b/autoconf/configure.ac
index 8768be0..56d716b 100644
--- a/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -62,6 +62,41 @@
 dnl just AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS on the set of directories in projects that have a
 dnl configure script, that usage of the AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS macro is deprecated.
 dnl Instead we match on the known projects.
+
+dnl
+dnl One tricky part of doing this is that some projects depend upon other
+dnl projects.  For example, several projects rely upon the LLVM test suite.
+dnl We want to configure those projects first so that their object trees are
+dnl created before running the configure scripts of projects that depend upon
+dnl them.
+dnl
+
+dnl Several projects use llvm-gcc, so configure that first
+if test -d ${srcdir}/projects/llvm-gcc ; then
+  AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/llvm-gcc])
+fi
+
+dnl Several projects use the LLVM test suite, so configure it next.
+if test -d ${srcdir}/projects/test-suite ; then
+  AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/test-suite])
+fi
+
+dnl llvm-test is the old name of the test-suite, kept here for backwards
+dnl compatibility
+if test -d ${srcdir}/projects/llvm-test ; then
+  AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/llvm-test])
+fi
+
+dnl Some projects use poolalloc; configure that next
+if test -d ${srcdir}/projects/poolalloc ; then
+  AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/poolalloc])
+fi
+
+if test -d ${srcdir}/projects/llvm-poolalloc ; then
+  AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/llvm-poolalloc])
+fi
+
+dnl Check for all other projects
 for i in `ls ${srcdir}/projects`
 do
   if test -d ${srcdir}/projects/${i} ; then
@@ -70,16 +105,9 @@
       sample)       AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/sample])    ;;
       privbracket)  AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/privbracket]) ;;
       llvm-stacker) AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/llvm-stacker]) ;;
-      # llvm-test is the old name of the test-suite, kept here for backwards
-      # compatibility
-      llvm-test)    AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/llvm-test]) ;;
-      test-suite)   AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/test-suite]) ;;
       llvm-reopt)   AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/llvm-reopt]);;
-      llvm-gcc)     AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/llvm-gcc])  ;;
       llvm-java)    AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/llvm-java]) ;;
       llvm-tv)      AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/llvm-tv])   ;;
-      llvm-poolalloc) AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/llvm-poolalloc]) ;;
-      poolalloc)    AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/poolalloc]) ;;
       safecode)     AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/safecode]) ;;
       llvm-kernel)  AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([projects/llvm-kernel]) ;;
       *)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 973899a..a2aad3e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -802,17 +802,17 @@
 CXX
 CXXFLAGS
 CCC'
-ac_subdirs_all='projects/sample
+ac_subdirs_all='projects/llvm-gcc
+projects/test-suite
+projects/llvm-test
+projects/poolalloc
+projects/llvm-poolalloc
+projects/sample
 projects/privbracket
 projects/llvm-stacker
-projects/llvm-test
-projects/test-suite
 projects/llvm-reopt
-projects/llvm-gcc
 projects/llvm-java
 projects/llvm-tv
-projects/llvm-poolalloc
-projects/poolalloc
 projects/safecode
 projects/llvm-kernel'
 
@@ -1951,6 +1951,33 @@
   fi
 fi
 
+
+
+if test -d ${srcdir}/projects/llvm-gcc ; then
+  subdirs="$subdirs projects/llvm-gcc"
+
+fi
+
+if test -d ${srcdir}/projects/test-suite ; then
+  subdirs="$subdirs projects/test-suite"
+
+fi
+
+if test -d ${srcdir}/projects/llvm-test ; then
+  subdirs="$subdirs projects/llvm-test"
+
+fi
+
+if test -d ${srcdir}/projects/poolalloc ; then
+  subdirs="$subdirs projects/poolalloc"
+
+fi
+
+if test -d ${srcdir}/projects/llvm-poolalloc ; then
+  subdirs="$subdirs projects/llvm-poolalloc"
+
+fi
+
 for i in `ls ${srcdir}/projects`
 do
   if test -d ${srcdir}/projects/${i} ; then
@@ -1962,24 +1989,12 @@
  ;;
       llvm-stacker) subdirs="$subdirs projects/llvm-stacker"
  ;;
-      # llvm-test is the old name of the test-suite, kept here for backwards
-      # compatibility
-      llvm-test)    subdirs="$subdirs projects/llvm-test"
- ;;
-      test-suite)   subdirs="$subdirs projects/test-suite"
- ;;
       llvm-reopt)   subdirs="$subdirs projects/llvm-reopt"
 ;;
-      llvm-gcc)     subdirs="$subdirs projects/llvm-gcc"
-  ;;
       llvm-java)    subdirs="$subdirs projects/llvm-java"
  ;;
       llvm-tv)      subdirs="$subdirs projects/llvm-tv"
    ;;
-      llvm-poolalloc) subdirs="$subdirs projects/llvm-poolalloc"
- ;;
-      poolalloc)    subdirs="$subdirs projects/poolalloc"
- ;;
       safecode)     subdirs="$subdirs projects/safecode"
  ;;
       llvm-kernel)  subdirs="$subdirs projects/llvm-kernel"
@@ -11136,7 +11151,7 @@
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 11139 "configure"
+#line 11154 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H