diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 886156e44c..7c148da2d2 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-autoreconf --install $*
+${AUTORECONF:-autoreconf} --install $*