diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 951e95b96..435b4f552 100644
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ test "X`echo -e`" = "X-e" && (
 		echo "Your builtin echo doesn't support -e, running with bash instead."
 		bash $0
 		exit
-	elif
+	else
 		echo "Your builtin echo (or echo(1)) doesn't support -e."
 		echo "If you had bash I'd use that instead, but it seems you don't."
 		exit 1