diff --git a/ffmpeg.be0 b/ffmpeg.be0
index 0143f3d3b..1c6895cdb 100755
--- a/ffmpeg.be0
+++ b/ffmpeg.be0
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ SRCURL[0]="https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-${PKGVERSION}.tar.bz2"
 
 mee_configure() {
     sed -i 's/-lflite"/-lflite -lasound"/' ${S}/configure
-    ${S}/configure           \
+    start_cmd ${S}/configure \
         --prefix=${PREFIX}   \
         --enable-gpl         \
         --enable-version3    \