diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b5dcc83f67..3ff98b7558 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+7.0.0-dev.447 | 2024-07-09 17:10:16 +0200
+
+  * Fix for --display-cmake in configure (cknill)
+    Moved build directory creation further down in the script so that --display-cmake
+    has a chance to happen before build tree setup.
+
 7.0.0-dev.445 | 2024-07-09 00:07:25 -0700
 
   * Management framework: bump cluster testsuite to pull in telemetry tests (Christian Kreibich, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9096d6183f..736ce8d128 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.0.0-dev.445
+7.0.0-dev.447
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 40f052a220..b365b7dd2a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -458,6 +458,19 @@ if [ -z "$CMakeCommand" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+echo "Using $(cmake --version | head -1)"
+echo
+if [ -n "$CMakeGenerator" ]; then
+    cmake="${CMakeCommand} -G ${CMakeGenerator} ${CMakeCacheEntries} ${sourcedir}"
+else
+    cmake="${CMakeCommand} ${CMakeCacheEntries} ${sourcedir}"
+fi
+
+if [ "${display_cmake}" = 1 ]; then
+    echo "${cmake}"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 if [ -d $builddir ]; then
     # If build directory exists, check if it has a CMake cache
     if [ -f $builddir/CMakeCache.txt ]; then
@@ -474,19 +487,6 @@ echo "Build Directory : $builddir"
 echo "Source Directory: $sourcedir"
 cd $builddir
 
-echo "Using $(cmake --version | head -1)"
-echo
-if [ -n "$CMakeGenerator" ]; then
-    cmake="${CMakeCommand} -G ${CMakeGenerator} ${CMakeCacheEntries} ${sourcedir}"
-else
-    cmake="${CMakeCommand} ${CMakeCacheEntries} ${sourcedir}"
-fi
-
-if [ "${display_cmake}" = 1 ]; then
-    echo "${cmake}"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
 eval ${cmake} 2>&1
 
 echo "# This is the command used to configure this build" >config.status