diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 735ba5fe0cc..46851a4e72d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ distclean:: clean
 	                  $(LEVEL)/config.log \
 	                  $(LEVEL)/TAGS
 
+AUTOCONF = autoconf
+
+configure: autoconf/configure.ac
+	cd autoconf && $(AUTOCONF) -o ../configure configure.ac
+