diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 06dff23..b3c021b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /depcomp
 /aclocal.m4
 /missing
+/m4/
 /config.guess
 /config.sub
 /install-sh
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 46a1e97..4b2af12 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 rm -rf autom4te.cache
 rm -f depcomp aclocal.m4 missing config.guess config.sub install-sh
 rm -f configure config.h.in config.h.in~ m4/libtool.m4 m4/lt*.m4 Makefile.in
-
+mkdir -p m4
 autoreconf -fvi
 (cd m4 && for i in libtool.m4 lt*.m4; do
   echo /$i