diff --git a/app-misc/tmux/tmux-9999.ebuild b/app-misc/tmux/tmux-9999.ebuild
index 6921fe6e7103f..a3361bdd2bf5e 100644
--- a/app-misc/tmux/tmux-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/tmux/tmux-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_configure() {
-	econf \
-		--sysconfdir="${EPREFIX}"/etc \
-		$(use_enable debug) \
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		--sysconfdir="${EPREFIX}"/etc
+		$(use_enable debug)
 		$(use_enable utempter)
+	)
+	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
 }
 
 src_install() {