diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 9f9f268d9..d66b83680 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 # Only there to make jhbuild happy
 
 mkdir -p build
-meson setup build "$@"  # use 'autogen.sh --reconfigure' to update
+meson setup "$@" build  # use 'autogen.sh --reconfigure' to update
 ln -sf build/Makefile Makefile