diff --git a/cvscompile b/cvscompile
index 99ccc85..61585ea 100644
--- a/cvscompile
+++ b/cvscompile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
+autoheader
 automake --foreign --add-missing
 autoconf
 export CFLAGS='-O2 -Wall -pipe -g'