diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 1278ffe..a96d6ef 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 mkdir -p m4
 autoreconf -i
-./configure --enable-debug "$@"
+
+if test ! "x$NOCONFIGURE" = "x1" ; then
+    exec ./configure --enable-debug "$@"
+fi