diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0208421da7c224acbf5a887a7f3a59db692539b2..71d68847a737e92b01416f9599497e2b22093a01 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.5 1999/02/08 05:03:04 mast Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.6 1999/03/09 14:41:38 mast Exp $
 #
 # Meta Makefile
 #
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ src/configure: src/configure.in
 	cd src && ./run_autoconfig . 2>&1 | grep -v warning
 	-@(cd "$(BUILDDIR)" && rm -f Makefile .prefix-h)
 
+force_configure:
+	cd src && ./run_autoconfig . 2>&1 | grep -v warning
+
 configure: src/configure
 	@builddir="$(BUILDDIR)"; \
 	srcdir=`pwd`/src; \