diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 98175608ffa45a..5b09de36f9a0b8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -16119,6 +16119,9 @@ else
       esac
       CARGO_TARGET="${cargo_host%%-apple-darwin*}-apple-darwin"
       ;;
+    *-pc-linux-*)
+      CARGO_TARGET=$(echo "$host" | sed 's/-pc-linux-/-unknown-linux-/')
+      ;;
     *)
       CARGO_TARGET="$host"
       ;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 91633ebbf342ae..1561c6f9b2e99f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4342,6 +4342,9 @@ else
       esac
       CARGO_TARGET="${cargo_host%%-apple-darwin*}-apple-darwin"
       ;;
+    *-pc-linux-*)
+      CARGO_TARGET=$(echo "$host" | sed 's/-pc-linux-/-unknown-linux-/')
+      ;;
     *)
       CARGO_TARGET="$host"
       ;;