diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6928c2d..d52eddd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/sic.cc])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/config.h])
 AC_GNU_SOURCE
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 -Wall no-define subdirs-objects \
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11  foreign  -Wall no-define subdir-objects \
 		  color-tests \
                   silent-rules \
                   parallel-tests])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 -Wall no-define subdirs-objects])
 AC_PROG_CC
 dnl AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AC_PROG_CXX