diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 4d98cf9e..96b9f0f9 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -34,9 +34,15 @@ cat docs/help/in/Makefile.am.gen|sed "s/@HELPFILES@/$files/g"|sed 's/?/\\?/g'|tr
 files=`echo $files|sed 's/\.in//g'`
 cat docs/help/Makefile.am.gen|sed "s/@HELPFILES@/$files/g"|sed 's/?/\\?/g'|tr '!?' '\t\n' > docs/help/Makefile.am
 
-# .html -> .txt with lynx
+# .html -> .txt with lynx or elinks
 echo "Documentation: html -> txt..."
-lynx -dump -nolist docs/faq.html|perl -pe 's/^ *//; if ($_ eq "\n" && $state eq "Q") { $_ = ""; } elsif (/^([QA]):/) { $state = $1 } elsif ($_ ne "\n") { $_ = "   $_"; };' > docs/faq.txt
+if type lynx >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+  lynx -dump -nolist docs/faq.html|perl -pe 's/^ *//; if ($_ eq "\n" && $state eq "Q") { $_ = ""; } elsif (/^([QA]):/) { $state = $1 } elsif ($_ ne "\n") { $_ = "   $_"; };' > docs/faq.txt
+elif type elinks >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+  elinks -dump docs/faq.html|perl -pe 's/^ *//; if ($_ eq "\n" && $state eq "Q") { $_ = ""; } elsif (/^([QA]):/) { $state = $1 } elsif ($_ ne "\n") { $_ = "   $_"; };' > docs/faq.txt
+else
+  echo No lynx or links present
+fi
 
 if test x$NOCONFIGURE = x && test -z "$*"; then
   echo "**Warning**: I am going to run \`configure' with no arguments."