diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 488e913b2b..f56cd68be3 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-
-autoreconf -fiv || exit 1
-rm -Rf autom4te.cache
+autoreconf -fiv "$(dirname "$0")" && rm -rf "$(dirname "$0")"/autom4te.cache