--- a/configure.in	2014-08-18 01:25:43.911597023 -0700
+++ b/configure.in	2014-08-18 01:26:27.763786629 -0700
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.in])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 dist-bzip2 subdir-objects no-define])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 foreign dist-bzip2 subdir-objects no-define])
 
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 AC_PROG_CC
