diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 0a58eb86..a2659e05 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-aclocal
+mkdir -p m4
+aclocal -I m4
 automake -ac
-autoreconf -fi
+autoreconf -fi -I m4
 touch config.rpath