diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 6fafbdb..bd5571b 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -134,12 +134,7 @@ And the following is required to build locales:
 Once these dependencies are installed, simply do the following from a
 terminal window:
 
-    autoreconf -vif
-    cd locale
-    ./build.py
-    cd ..
-
-The arguments to autoreconf are technically optional, but recommended.
+    ./autogen.sh
 
 The Python script build.py may fail on MacOS due to a missing msgfmt
 program. msgfmt is part of gettext and the version that ships on a Mac
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4360a49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "Generating configure script..."
+autoreconf -vif
+echo "Done."
+echo "Building locales..."
+cd locale
+./build.py
+cd ..