diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9635281e..62b3e97c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ SLU_FLAGS
 MUMPS_LIBS
 MUMPS_FLAGS
 EXTRA_LIBS
+INSTALL_SAMPLESDIR
 INSTALL_DOCSDIR
 INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR
 INSTALL_LIBDIR
@@ -2138,8 +2139,12 @@ case $docsdir in
    \/* )   eval "INSTALL_DOCSDIR=$docsdir";;
    * ) eval "INSTALL_DOCSDIR=$INSTALL_DIR/docs";;
 esac
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $INSTALL_DIR $INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR $INSTALL_LIBDIR $INSTALL_DOCSDIR" >&5
-$as_echo "$INSTALL_DIR $INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR $INSTALL_LIBDIR $INSTALL_DOCSDIR" >&6; }
+case $samplesdir in
+   \/* )   eval "INSTALL_SAMPLESDIR=$samplesdir";;
+   * ) eval "INSTALL_SAMPLESDIR=$INSTALL_DIR/samples";;
+esac
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $INSTALL_DIR $INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR $INSTALL_LIBDIR $INSTALL_DOCSDIR $INSTALL_SAMPLESDIR" >&5
+$as_echo "$INSTALL_DIR $INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR $INSTALL_LIBDIR $INSTALL_DOCSDIR $INSTALL_SAMPLESDIR" >&6; }
 
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 # Compilers detection: FC,F77,CC should be set, if found.
@@ -8021,6 +8026,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
+
 
 
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