diff --git a/cros_run_unit_tests b/cros_run_unit_tests
index 0d85b7623c..9a17b4452d 100755
--- a/cros_run_unit_tests
+++ b/cros_run_unit_tests
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function record_test_failure() {
 
 function run_unit_test() {
   FEATURES="-buildpkg -digest noauto" \
-    ebuild-${FLAGS_board} "${1}" clean unpack test
+    ebuild-${FLAGS_board} "${1}" clean unpack configure test
 }
 
 # Parse command line and die if unexpected paramters given.