diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1e574f3..71de2ba 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1213,9 +1213,9 @@ cl_cv_host="$host"
 fi
 echo "$ac_t""$cl_cv_host" 1>&6
 host="$cl_cv_host"
-host_cpu=`echo $host | sed 's/^\(.*\)-\(.*\)-\(.*\)$/\1/'`
-host_vendor=`echo $host | sed 's/^\(.*\)-\(.*\)-\(.*\)$/\2/'`
-host_os=`echo $host | sed 's/^\(.*\)-\(.*\)-\(.*\)$/\3/'`
+host_cpu=`echo $host | sed 's/^\(^-*\)-\(^-*\)-\(.*\)$/\1/'`
+host_vendor=`echo $host | sed 's/^\(^-*\)-\(^-*\)-\(.*\)$/\2/'`
+host_os=`echo $host | sed 's/^\(^-*\)-\(^-*\)-\(.*\)$/\3/'`
 
                       
 case "$host_cpu" in