diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index b17da47e..2d0c0882 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ aclocal
 autoheader
 autoconf
 automake --add-missing --copy
+
+echo "Now running the configure script"
+./configure $*