diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 3e6f2cd..7d7c534 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -160,5 +160,7 @@ do_cmd $AUTOCONF
 cd "$ORIGDIR" || exit $?
 rm -f config.cache
 
-do_cmd $srcdir/configure --enable-maintainer-mode ${1+"$@"} || exit 1
+if test -z "$NOCONFIGURE"; then
+    do_cmd $srcdir/configure --enable-maintainer-mode ${1+"$@"} || exit 1
+fi