diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 00143b7..2cbe399 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-(cd $(dirname $0);
- autoreconf --install --symlink &&
- ./configure $@)
+cd $(dirname $0)
+autoreconf --install --symlink
+if test -z "$NOCONFIGURE"; then
+   exec ./configure $@
+fi