diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 45ee6f4..5484ed2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1778,6 +1778,7 @@
 # functions to probe cross compilers
 
 container="no"
+runc=""
 if test $use_containers = "yes"; then
     case $($python "$source_path"/tests/docker/docker.py probe) in
         *docker) container=docker ;;
@@ -1786,6 +1787,7 @@
     esac
     if test "$container" != "no"; then
         docker_py="$python $source_path/tests/docker/docker.py --engine $container"
+        runc=$($python "$source_path"/tests/docker/docker.py probe)
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -2380,6 +2382,7 @@
 
 if test "$container" != no; then
     echo "ENGINE=$container" >> $config_host_mak
+    echo "RUNC=$runc" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 echo "ROMS=$roms" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "MAKE=$make" >> $config_host_mak