diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6009ea2abd220320e2e36f8b838b54b9f4108e5a..3d8889e2679fe1a49aee06e68b96572e45144ced 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AC_INIT([42sh],[1.0],[seblu@seblu.net], [42sh])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
 
 # Auto Make init
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects foreign dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip])
 
 echo "checking CFLAGS..."
 # Check platform