diff --git a/zsnes/src/autogen.sh b/zsnes/src/autogen.sh
index 9f45f196..8c7e1897 100755
--- a/zsnes/src/autogen.sh
+++ b/zsnes/src/autogen.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 echo "Generating build information using aclocal and autoconf..."
 
 # Regenerate configuration files
-aclocal	`sdl-config --prefix`/share/aclocal	# thanks asfand
+aclocal	--acdir=`sdl-config --prefix`/share/aclocal	# thanks asfand
 autoconf
 
 # Run configure for this platform