diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 7b7afa89..514cd3f7 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=.
 mkdir -p "$srcdir/build"
 
 autoreconf --force --install --verbose "$srcdir"
-test -n "$NOCONFIGURE" || "$srcdir/configure" "$@"
+test -n "$NOCONFIGURE" || "$srcdir/configure" "--localstatedir=/var" "$@"