diff --git a/buildconf b/buildconf
index 3da0f7b68..a25bc3a84 100755
--- a/buildconf
+++ b/buildconf
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # die prints argument string to stdout and exits this shell script.
 #
 die(){
-  echo "buildconf: $@"
+  echo "buildconf: $*"
   exit 1
 }