diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 13df98b57f..72f1e7a1a8 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Run this to generate all the initial makefiles, etc.
 
+set -e
+
 srcdir=`dirname "$0"`
 test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.