diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e018aa8c1621..6cfa8346def7 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -8941,7 +8941,9 @@ if test "$MOZ_JEMALLOC" -a "$MOZ_MEMORY"; then
   for var in AS CC CXX CPP LD AR RANLIB STRIP CPPFLAGS EXTRA_CFLAGS LDFLAGS; do
     ac_configure_args="$ac_configure_args $var='`eval echo \\${${var}}`'"
   done
-  ac_configure_args="$ac_configure_args je_cv_static_page_shift=12"
+  if test "$CROSS_COMPILE"; then
+    ac_configure_args="$ac_configure_args je_cv_static_page_shift=12"
+  fi
   _save_cache_file="$cache_file"
   cache_file=$_objdir/memory/jemalloc/src/config.cache
   AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS(memory/jemalloc/src)