diff --git a/src/run_autoconfig b/src/run_autoconfig
index 8e434b9142d8a536e9315df30db075f45512007b..f0e24f897e65bebe75a3132f6f3e3c8694044c08 100755
--- a/src/run_autoconfig
+++ b/src/run_autoconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ fix()
 {
   if [ -f $1/acconfig.h ]; then
     echo "Running autoheader in $1"
-    ( cd $1 ; autoheader )
+    ( cd $1 ; autoheader && echo foo >$1/stamp-h.in )
   fi
 
   if [ -f $1/configure.in ]; then