diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 5499285..e4366b3 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ aclocal || exit 1
 autoheader || exit 1
 autoconf || exit 1
 automake -a -c || exit 1
-./configure --enable-maintainer-mode --enable-examples-build \
+if test -z "$NOCONFIGURE"; then
+    exec ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode --enable-examples-build \
 	--enable-x11-examples-build --enable-debug-log $*
+fi