diff --git a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
index 9b36f3c..02b984d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
@@ -74,7 +74,14 @@ oe_runconf () {
 	cfgscript="${S}/configure"
 	if [ -x "$cfgscript" ] ; then
 		bbnote "Running $cfgscript ${CONFIGUREOPTS} ${EXTRA_OECONF} $@"
-		${CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS} $cfgscript ${CONFIGUREOPTS} ${EXTRA_OECONF} "$@" || bbfatal "oe_runconf failed"
+		set +e
+		${CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS} $cfgscript ${CONFIGUREOPTS} ${EXTRA_OECONF} "$@"
+		if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+			echo "Configure failed. The contents of all config.log files follows to aid debugging"
+			find ${S} -name config.log -print -exec cat {} \;
+			bbfatal "oe_runconf failed"
+		fi
+		set -e
 	else
 		bbfatal "no configure script found at $cfgscript"
 	fi