diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index bb96a015..8152272e 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 echo "Generating build information using autoreconf"
 
 # All is done by autoreconf
-autoreconf -i
+autoreconf -f -i
 
 # Run configure for this platform
 echo "Now you are ready to run ./configure"