diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 823bd00..423b135 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 m4_define(BINFMTCVERSION,0.17)
 AC_INIT(binfmtc, BINFMTCVERSION)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(binfmtc, BINFMTCVERSION)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
