diff --git a/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile b/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile
index 687f21b940..cf9610a66b 100644
--- a/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile
+++ b/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ RUN git clone  https://github.com/qemu/keycodemapdb.git ui/keycodemapdb
 
 ADD configure-hypervisor.sh /root/configure-hypervisor.sh
 
-RUN /root/configure-hypervisor.sh -s kata-qemu | xargs ./configure --prefix=/opt/kata --with-pkgversion=kata-static
+RUN PREFIX=/opt/kata /root/configure-hypervisor.sh -s kata-qemu | xargs ./configure \
+       --with-pkgversion=kata-static
+
 RUN make clean
 RUN make -j$(nproc)
 RUN make install DESTDIR=/tmp/qemu-static