--- /usr/portage/dev-util/ragel/ragel-6.4.ebuild	2009-03-22 20:06:18.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/local/portage/dev-util/ragel/ragel-6.4.ebuild	2009-03-23 22:29:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 RDEPEND=""
 
 src_compile() {
+	econf || die "econf failed"
 	emake || die "emake failed"
 	emake -C doc ragel.1 || die "emake manpage failed"
 }