diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index f25b0a3c..c5e1bf34 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+
+test -n "${srcdir}" || srcdir=`dirname "$0"`
+test -n "${srcdir}" || srcdir="$(pwd)"
+
+olddir="$(pwd)"
+cd "$srcdir"
+
 export ACLOCAL="aclocal -I m4"
 
 intltoolize
 autoreconf -i
-./configure --enable-maintainer-mode "$@"
+
+cd "$olddir"
+"$srcdir/configure" --enable-maintainer-mode "$@"