diff --git a/ghcup b/ghcup
index f48116d..4ee75e6 100755
--- a/ghcup
+++ b/ghcup
@@ -1790,7 +1790,11 @@ compile_ghc() {
 
 
         edo ./boot
-        edo ./configure --prefix="${inst_location}" --with-ghc="${bootstrap_ghc}"
+        if echo "${myghcver}" | sed 's/[.]//g' | awk '{ exit ($0 < 881) ? 0 : 1 }' ; then
+            edo ./configure --prefix="${inst_location}" --with-ghc="${bootstrap_ghc}"
+        else
+            GHC=$(command -v "${bootstrap_ghc}") edo ./configure --prefix="${inst_location}"
+        fi
         emake -j${JOBS}
         emake install