diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index aa67ab1e..bcfe937a 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-make maintainer-clean >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+MAKE=make
+if command -v gmake >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+  MAKE=gmake
+fi
+$MAKE maintainer-clean >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
 
 if [ -x "`which autoreconf 2>/dev/null`" ] ; then
    exec autoreconf -ivf