diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index c76bf8b07bd..b5f6ec4a97a 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ MAKEFLAGS=""
 
 autoreconf -v --install || exit 1
 
-"$srcdir"/configure "$@"
+if test -z "$NOCONFIGURE"; then
+    "$srcdir"/configure "$@"
+fi