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diff --git a/buildconf b/buildconf
index e0cae5e0d..3b780217f 100755
--- a/buildconf
+++ b/buildconf
@@ -1,6 +1,34 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+#
+# Build aclocal.m4 from libtool's libtool.m4 and our own M4 files.
+#
+ltpath=`helpers/PrintPath libtoolize`
+ltpath=`dirname $ltpath`
+ltfile=`cd $ltpath/../share/aclocal ; pwd`/libtool.m4
+echo "Incorporating $ltfile into aclocal.m4 ..."
+echo "dnl THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY buildconf" > aclocal.m4
+echo "dnl edits here will be lost" >> aclocal.m4
+cat helpers/apr-conf.m4 apr_common.m4 hints.m4 $ltfile >> aclocal.m4
+
+#
+# Create the libtool helper files
+#
+# Note: we copy (rather than link) them to simplify distribution.
+# Note: APR supplies its own config.guess and config.sub -- we do not
+#       rely on libtool's versions
+#
+echo "Copying libtool helper files ..."
+$ltpath/libtoolize --copy
+
+#
+# Generate the autoconf header and ./configure
+#
+echo "Creating include/arch/unix/apr_private.h.in ..."
 autoheader
+
+echo "Creating configure ..."
+### do some work to toss config.cache?
 autoconf
 
 (cd shmem/unix/mm && autoconf)