diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 8866cb6..8eea9b1 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ olddir=`pwd`
 cd "$srcdir"
 
 mkdir -p scripts
-automake --add-missing 2> /dev/null | true
+mkdir -p m4
 
 libtoolize --force
 if test $? != 0 ; then
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ if test $? != 0 ; then
 	exit -1
 fi
 
+automake --add-missing 2> /dev/null | true
+
 cd "$olddir"
 test -n "$NOCONFIGURE" || "$srcdir/configure" "$@"
 
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