diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 039207fc7f298a71a37d2fc10976df97d555ef3c..5bb3cf31ad8e4a390767029d287004e8f353724b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
 AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign no-define dist-zip])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign no-define dist-zip subdir-objects])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable])
 LT_INIT