diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 0ed70b83f..082e829cd 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ version 1.4.4rc03 [September 14, 2010]
 
 version 1.4.4rc04 [September 15, 2010]
   Fixed indentation and removed debugging message from CMakeLists.txt
+  Revised autogen.sh to recognize and use $AUTOCONF, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOHEADER,
+    $AUTOPOINT, $ACLOCAL and $LIBTOOLIZE
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c096172f1..d2108f3c8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2670,6 +2670,8 @@ version 1.4.4rc03 [September 14, 2010]
 
 version 1.4.4rc04 [September 15, 2010]
   Fixed indentation and removed debugging message from CMakeLists.txt
+  Revised autogen.sh to recognize and use $AUTOCONF, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOHEADER,
+    $AUTOPOINT, $ACLOCAL and $LIBTOOLIZE
 
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diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 77b63087c..5be104eb1 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -4,22 +4,31 @@
 #
 # WARNING: if you run this you will change the versions
 # of the tools which are used and, maybe, required!
-        touch Makefile.am configure.ac
+
+# You can define your own replacements in your environment.
+# $AUTOCONF,  $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOHEADER, $AUTOPOINT, $ACLOCAL and $LIBTOOLIZE
+
+touch Makefile.am configure.ac
 {
-	echo "running libtoolize" >&2
-	libtoolize --force --copy --automake
+   LT=${LIBTOOLIZE-libtoolize}
+   echo "running $LT" >&2
+   $LT --force --copy --automake
 } && {
-	echo "running aclocal" >&2
-	aclocal
+   AL=${ACLOCAL-aclocal}
+   echo "running $AL" >&2
+   $AL
 } && {
-	echo "running autoheader [ignore the warnings]" >&2
-	autoheader
+   AH=${AUTOHEADER-autoheader}
+   echo "running $AH [ignore the warnings]" >&2
+   $AH
 } && {
-	echo "running automake" >&2
-	automake --force-missing --foreign -a -c
+   AM=${AUTOMAKE-automake}
+   echo "running $AM" >&2
+   $AM --force-missing --foreign -a -c
 } && {
-	echo "running autoconf" >&2
-	autoconf
+   AC=${AUTOCONF-autoconf}
+   echo "running $AC" >&2
+   $AC
 } &&
-	echo "autogen complete" >&2 ||
-	echo "ERROR: autogen.sh failed, autogen is incomplete" >&2
+   echo "autogen complete" >&2 ||
+   echo "ERROR: autogen.sh failed, autogen is incomplete" >&2