autoconf-only projects and gnulib?

[Karl Berry]

Would it be at all feasible for gnulib to support non-automake (just
autoconf) projects?  If the answer is "not at all feasible", that's ok.
I'm just asking, not requesting.

(I have a potential GNU package whose maintainer already knows autoconf,
but not automake.  It would be nice if he could use gnulib-tool and all
the myriad of gnulib code.)

Thanks,
k