diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 3d12f8f0..f25b0a3c 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ export ACLOCAL="aclocal -I m4"
 
 intltoolize
 autoreconf -i
-./configure "$@"
+./configure --enable-maintainer-mode "$@"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d839cc7a..a9b49c8b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 foreign dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip])
 
+AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 AC_DISABLE_STATIC
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL