diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 4fe067c9c93..c58b2a640db 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ ifeq ($(OSTYPE),darwin)
 endif
 
 SERVO_DEPS += \
+	src/ragel/ragel/ragel \
 	src/rust-mozjs/libmozjs.dummy \
 	src/rust-azure/libazure.dummy \
 	src/rust-sdl/libsdl.dummy \
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ CHECK_DEPS += \
 	$(NULL)
 
 CLEAN_DEPS += \
+	clean-ragel \
 	clean-rust-mozjs \
 	clean-rust-sdl \
 	clean-rust-azure \
@@ -65,6 +67,9 @@ servo:	$(SERVO_DEPS)
 servo-test: $(SERVO_DEPS)
 	$(RUSTC) $(RUSTFLAGS) --test -o $@ $<
 
+src/ragel/ragel/ragel:
+	$(MAKE) -C src/ragel
+
 src/mozjs/libjs_static.a:
 	$(MAKE) -C src/mozjs
 
@@ -104,6 +109,10 @@ check-rust-cocoa:
 .PHONY:	clean
 clean: $(CLEAN_DEPS)
 
+.PHONY: clean-ragel
+clean-ragel:
+	$(MAKE) clean -C src/ragel
+
 .PHONY: clean-rust-mozjs
 clean-rust-mozjs:
 	$(MAKE) clean -C src/rust-mozjs
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ec6140c97ed..03558d3a86e 100755
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 SRCDIR="$(cd $(dirname $0) && pwd)"
 sed "s#%VPATH%#${SRCDIR}#" ${SRCDIR}/Makefile.in > Makefile
 
+mkdir -p src/ragel
 mkdir -p src/mozjs
 mkdir -p src/rust-mozjs
 mkdir -p src/rust-sdl
 mkdir -p src/rust-azure
 mkdir -p src/rust-cocoa
 
+(cd src/ragel && sh ${SRCDIR}/src/ragel/configure)
 (cd src/mozjs && sh ${SRCDIR}/src/mozjs/js/src/configure)
 (cd src/rust-mozjs && sh ${SRCDIR}/src/rust-mozjs/configure)
 (cd src/rust-sdl && sh ${SRCDIR}/src/rust-sdl/configure)