diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index abc3339..f666712 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ Fri Aug 15 2014 Madrisan <davide.madrisan(a)gmail.com>
     The translation rules for Python 2.7 and Python 3 have been updated
     to reflect the current support for Python in openmamba.
 
++ improvement
+  * spec-create - Davide Madrisan
+    Create a correct %build block in the specfile generated from tarballs
+    that do not provide any 'configure' script but only an 'autogen,sh' one.
+    Feature asked by Silvan Calarco.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Changes in version 1.16.4 - "Korbielow" release
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f0f741a..70b5b77 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ List of user visible changes in the release 1.16.5
     Specify target_cpu when installing build requirements for x86_64
     multiarch support.
 
+  * spec-create - Davide Madrisan
+    Create a correct %build block in the specfile generated from tarballs
+    that do not provide any 'configure' script but only an 'autogen,sh' one.
+    Feature asked by Silvan Calarco.
+
 -- Bugfix
 
   * templates/python - Silvan Calarco
diff --git a/plugins/spec-create.in b/plugins/spec-create.in
index 818cfe7..b6ead50 100644
--- a/plugins/spec-create.in
+++ b/plugins/spec-create.in
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ spec_cmd_configure_autotools="%configure"
 spec_cmd_make_autotools="%make"
 spec_cmd_makeinstall_autotools="%makeinstall"
 
+spec_cmd_configure_autogen="./autogen.sh\n%configure"
+spec_cmd_make_autogen="%make"
+spec_cmd_makeinstall_autogen="%makeinstall"
+
 spec_cmd_configure_cmake="%cmake -d build"
 spec_cmd_make_cmake="%make"
 spec_cmd_makeinstall_cmake="%makeinstall -C build"
@@ -392,6 +396,11 @@ shared-libraries:,debug-package:,\
       spec_cmd_make="$spec_cmd_make_autotools"
       spec_cmd_makeinstall="$spec_cmd_makeinstall_autotools"
    ;;
+   autogen)
+      spec_cmd_configure="$spec_cmd_configure_autogen"
+      spec_cmd_make="$spec_cmd_make_autogen"
+      spec_cmd_makeinstall="$spec_cmd_makeinstall_autogen"
+   ;;
    makefile)
       spec_cmd_configure="$spec_cmd_configure_makefileonly"
       spec_cmd_make="$spec_cmd_make_makefileonly"
@@ -869,6 +878,8 @@ ${standard_docs_devel:+$standard_docs_devel }$currdoc"
              -e $tmpdir/$pck_rootdir/makefile -o \
              -e $tmpdir/$pck_rootdir/GNUmakefile ]; then
          build_techology="makefile"
+      elif [ -x $tmpdir/$pck_rootdir/autogen.sh ]; then
+         build_techology="autogen"
       elif [ -e $tmpdir/$pck_rootdir/SConstruct -o \
              -e $tmpdir/$pck_rootdir/Sconstruct -o \
              -e $tmpdir/$pck_rootdir/sconstruct ]; then