diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index f47d03f5f..8d5f1bbb9 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ the configure scripts.
 Unpack the tar-ball and cd into the verilog-######### directory
 (presumably that is how you got to this README) and compile the source
 with the commands:
-
+	
+  sh autoconf.sh
   ./configure
   make