diff --git a/buildbot/bootstrap.pl b/buildbot/bootstrap.pl
index a17fa7d..676f3b0 100644
--- a/buildbot/bootstrap.pl
+++ b/buildbot/bootstrap.pl
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ if ($^O eq "linux") {
 
 #configure AMBuild
 if ($^O eq "linux") {
-	$result = `CC=gcc CXX=gcc python3 configure.py --enable-optimize`;
+	$result = `CC=gcc CXX=gcc python3 ../build/configure.py --enable-optimize`;
 } elsif ($^O eq "darwin") {
-	$result = `CC=clang CXX=clang python3 configure.py --enable-optimize`;
+	$result = `CC=clang CXX=clang python3 ../build/configure.py --enable-optimize`;
 } else {
-	$result = `C:\\Python31\\Python.exe configure.py --enable-optimize`;
+	$result = `C:\\Python31\\Python.exe ..\\build\\configure.py --enable-optimize`;
 }
 print "$result\n";
 if ($? != 0) {
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0f2aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 tw=99 noet:
+import sys
+import ambuild.runner as runner
+
+run = runner.Runner()
+run.options.add_option('--enable-debug', action='store_const', const='1', dest='debug',
+                       help='Enable debugging symbols')
+run.options.add_option('--enable-optimize', action='store_const', const='1', dest='opt',
+                       help='Enable optimization')
+run.Configure(sys.path[0])