diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 4bdcf14fe..823d0a87f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -355,6 +355,9 @@ AC_SUBST(no_whole_archive)
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 AC_OUTPUT(config.mak)
 
+echo "Running 'configure' in src/mframe"
+(cd src/mframe; ./configure)
+
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