diff --git a/src/secp256k1/.travis.yml b/src/secp256k1/.travis.yml
--- a/src/secp256k1/.travis.yml
+++ b/src/secp256k1/.travis.yml
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@
           packages:
             - gcc-multilib
             - libgmp-dev:i386
-before_script: ./autogen.sh
 script:
- - if [ -n "$HOST" ]; then export USE_HOST="--host=$HOST"; fi
- - if [ "x$HOST" = "xi686-linux-gnu" ]; then export CC="$CC -m32"; fi
- - ./configure --enable-experimental=$EXPERIMENTAL --enable-endomorphism=$ENDOMORPHISM --with-field=$FIELD --with-bignum=$BIGNUM --with-scalar=$SCALAR --enable-ecmult-static-precomputation=$STATICPRECOMPUTATION --enable-module-ecdh=$ECDH --enable-module-recovery=$RECOVERY --enable-module-schnorr=$SCHNORR --enable-jni=$JNI $EXTRAFLAGS $USE_HOST && make -j2 $BUILD
+ - ./travis/build_autotools.sh
 os: linux
diff --git a/src/secp256k1/travis/build_autotools.sh b/src/secp256k1/travis/build_autotools.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/secp256k1/travis/build_autotools.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export LC_ALL=C
+
+set -ex
+
+if [ -n "$HOST" ]; then
+  USE_HOST="--host=$HOST"
+fi
+
+if [ "x$HOST" = "xi686-linux-gnu" ]; then
+  CC="$CC -m32"
+fi
+
+./autogen.sh
+
+mkdir buildautotools
+pushd buildautotools
+
+../configure \
+  --enable-experimental=$EXPERIMENTAL \
+  --enable-endomorphism=$ENDOMORPHISM \
+  --with-field=$FIELD \
+  --with-bignum=$BIGNUM \
+  --with-scalar=$SCALAR \
+  --enable-ecmult-static-precomputation=$STATICPRECOMPUTATION \
+  --enable-module-ecdh=$ECDH \
+  --enable-module-recovery=$RECOVERY \
+  --enable-module-schnorr=$SCHNORR \
+  --enable-jni=$JNI \
+  $EXTRAFLAGS \
+  $USE_HOST
+
+make -j2 $BUILD
+
+popd