diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 0d43361..245fe71 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ rm -rf autom4te.cache aclocal.m4
 
 autoreconf -vif
 
-if [ -z "$NOCONFIGURE" ]; then
+if [ -z "$NOCONFIGURE"  -a "$1" != "-n" ]; then
 	./configure "$@"
 fi