diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 904cd6746c8734b2c33e3f80773d4759715d2f6e..fc34bd55c443ebf0e4feded3f6bd85d390c3d4c6 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ cd $srcdir
 autoreconf -v --install || exit 1
 cd $ORIGDIR || exit $?
 
-$srcdir/configure --enable-maintainer-mode "$@"
+if test -z "$NOCONFIGURE"; then
+    $srcdir/configure "$@"
+fi