diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2b97ec8..f70ca96 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Template file for configure.
 AC_INIT([dvdcopy], [0.1])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
 
 # AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([/usr/share/aclocal])