diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index bfdcbb0..3403990 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 NAME = @PACKAGE_NAME@
 VERSION = @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 
-exclusions = CVS .svn .cvsignore tags
+exclusions = CVS .svn .cvsignore tags autogen.sh
 prefix = @prefix@
 sbindir = @sbindir@
 mandir = @mandir@
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e96044f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+autoconf
+autoheader
+rm -rf autom4te.cache # evil