diff --git a/e/emacs/emacs.SlackBuild b/e/emacs/emacs.SlackBuild
index 1365d651..4db2c081 100755
--- a/e/emacs/emacs.SlackBuild
+++ b/e/emacs/emacs.SlackBuild
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ find . \
   \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
   -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
+( cd $SRCDIR
+    ./autogen.sh
+)
+        
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 $SRCDIR/configure \