diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 7c148da2d2..68f8996a3e 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-${AUTORECONF:-autoreconf} --install $*
+PWD=
+case "$0" in
+*/*) srcdir="${0%/*}/";;
+*) srcdir="";;
+esac
+
+exec ${AUTORECONF:-autoreconf} --install --symlink "$@" ${srcdir:+"$srcdir"}