diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3df213b..2ad367e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ case $host in
 	ARCH="linux"
 	EXT="lnx"
 	;;
+    *-*-gnu)
+	# Hurd only has 3 values in the triplet
+	ARCH="linux"
+	EXT="lnx"
+	;;
     *hpux*)
 	ARCH="hp"
 	EXT="hpu"