diff --git a/guile-readline/autogen.sh b/guile-readline/autogen.sh
index 3485710ed..76149ba31 100755
--- a/guile-readline/autogen.sh
+++ b/guile-readline/autogen.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
   exit 1
 }
 
-autoreconf -i
+autoreconf -i --force