diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..628cb910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+autom4te.cache/
+m4/
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+ar-lib
+compile
+config.guess
+config.h.in
+config.h.in~
+config.sub
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+ltmain.sh
+missing
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 89008a9b..3983feb5 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,29 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Run this to generate all the initial makefiles, etc.
 
-if which glibtoolize >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  LIBTOOLIZE=${LIBTOOLIZE:-glibtoolize}
-else
-  LIBTOOLIZE=${LIBTOOLIZE:-libtoolize}
-fi
-ACLOCAL=${ACLOCAL:-aclocal}
-AUTOHEADER=${AUTOHEADER:-autoheader}
-AUTOMAKE=${AUTOMAKE:-automake}
-AUTOCONF=${AUTOCONF:-autoconf}
-
-ARGV0=$0
-
 set -e
 
-
-run() {
-  echo "$ARGV0: running \`$@'"
-  "$@"
-}
-
-run $LIBTOOLIZE --copy --force
-run $ACLOCAL $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
-run $AUTOHEADER
-run $AUTOMAKE --add-missing --copy --foreign --force-missing
-run $AUTOCONF
+autoreconf --force --install
 echo "Now type './configure ...' and 'make' to compile."