diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 3aa1401886..1e68a774ad 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
+srcdir="$(dirname $0)"
+cd "$srcdir"
 autoreconf -vif