diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ff87bdd70..cce1f799b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-04-02  Thomas Schwinge  <schwinge@nic-nac-project.de>
+
+	* autogen.sh: Added ACLOCAL_FLAGS.
+
 2004-04-06  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
 	Released 1.9.7.
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index ad335b972..a607d63da 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ EOF
 fi
 
 
-echo "Running aclocal -I m4 ..."
-$ACLOCAL -I m4
+echo "Running aclocal -I m4 ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS:+$ACLOCAL_FLAGS }..."
+$ACLOCAL -I m4 $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
 echo "Running autoheader..."
 $AUTOHEADER
 echo "Running automake --gnu ..."