diff --git a/Shorewall-core/configure b/Shorewall-core/configure
index a6cbeb7d8..2ac88aa27 100755
--- a/Shorewall-core/configure
+++ b/Shorewall-core/configure
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ for p in $@; do
   }
 done
 
-vendor=${params[VENDOR]}
+vendor=${params[HOST]}
 if [ -z "$vendor" ]; then
     rcfile=shorewallrc.default
     vendor=linux