diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index de4c2a5..9ecc1ed 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ override_dh_install:
 	dh_install --list-missing
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
+	# ustream is without configure. autogen.sh will create it
+	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 	# We patched the configure.ac, rebuild configure
 	REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.9 USE_MATE2_MACROS=1 USE_COMMON_DOC_BUILD=yes \
 		PKG_NAME=mate-power-manager mate-autogen