diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 2d8179c1..382b09d8 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
 test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=`dirname "$0"`
 test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=.
 
+mkdir -p "$srcdir/m4"
+
 autoreconf --force --install --verbose "$srcdir"
 test -n "$NOCONFIGURE" || "$srcdir/configure" "$@"
diff --git a/m4/.info b/m4/.info
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000