diff --git a/projects/sample/autoconf/AutoRegen.sh b/projects/sample/autoconf/AutoRegen.sh
index af6c0a4..c9cc905 100755
--- a/projects/sample/autoconf/AutoRegen.sh
+++ b/projects/sample/autoconf/AutoRegen.sh
@@ -7,20 +7,42 @@
 test -f configure.ac || die "Can't find 'autoconf' dir; please cd into it first"
 autoconf --version | egrep '2\.5[0-9]' > /dev/null
 if test $? -ne 0 ; then
-	die "Your autoconf was not detected as being 2.5x"
+  die "Your autoconf was not detected as being 2.5x"
 fi
 cwd=`pwd`
 if test -d ../../../autoconf/m4 ; then
   cd ../../../autoconf/m4
   llvm_m4=`pwd`
+  llvm_src_root=../../..
+  llvm_obj_root=../../..
   cd $cwd
 elif test -d ../../llvm/autoconf/m4 ; then
   cd ../../llvm/autoconf/m4
   llvm_m4=`pwd`
+  llvm_src_root=../..
+  llvm_obj_root=../..
   cd $cwd
 else
-  die "Can't find the LLVM autoconf/m4 directory. The project should be checked out to projects directory"
+  while true ; do
+    echo "LLVM source root not found." 
+    read -p "Enter full path to LLVM source:"
+    if test -d "$REPLY/autoconf/m4" ; then
+      llvm_src_root="$REPLY"
+      llvm_m4="$REPLY/autoconf/m4"
+      read -p "Enter full path to LLVM objects (empty for same as source):"
+      if test -d "$REPLY" ; then
+        llvm_obj_root="$REPLY"
+      else
+        llvm_obj_root="$llvm_src_root"
+      fi
+      break
+    fi
+  done
 fi
+# Patch the LLVM_ROOT in configure.ac, if it needs it
+cp configure.ac configure.bak
+sed -e "s#^LLVM_SRC_ROOT=.*#LLVM_SRC_ROOT=\"$llvm_src_root\"#" \
+    -e "s#^LLVM_OBJ_ROOT=.*#LLVM_OBJ_ROOT=\"$llvm_obj_root\"#" configure.bak > configure.ac
 echo "Regenerating aclocal.m4 with aclocal"
 rm -f aclocal.m4
 aclocal -I $llvm_m4 -I "$llvm_m4/.." || die "aclocal failed"
diff --git a/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac b/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac
index 43a2e90..37c93a8 100644
--- a/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@
 dnl **************************************************************************
 AC_INIT([[[SAMPLE]]],[[[x.xx]]],[bugs@yourdomain])
 
+dnl Identify where LLVM source tree is
+LLVM_SRC_ROOT="../../"
+LLVM_OBJ_ROOT="../../"
 dnl Tell autoconf that the auxilliary files are actually located in
 dnl the LLVM autoconf directory, not here.
-AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(../../autoconf)
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR($LLVM_SRC_ROOT/autoconf)
 
 dnl Tell autoconf that this is an LLVM project being configured
 dnl This provides the --with-llvmsrc and --with-llvmobj options
-LLVM_CONFIG_PROJECT
+LLVM_CONFIG_PROJECT($LLVM_SRC_ROOT,$LLVM_OBJ_ROOT)
 
 dnl Verify that the source directory is valid
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(["Makefile.common.in"])