diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 74ad6f3f..f33b4257 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 package="icecast"
 
+olddir=`pwd`
 srcdir=`dirname $0`
 test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
 
@@ -58,4 +59,5 @@ automake --add-missing
 echo "  autoconf"
 autoconf
 
+cd $olddir
 $srcdir/configure "$@" && echo