diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f7dbf78..2cfc140 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 AC_INIT
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET([])
 
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
 AS_VERSION(comedilib, COMEDILIB, 0, 7, 20, 1)
 #COMEDILIB_DEBUG="-Wall -Werror"
 COMEDILIB_DEBUG="-Wall"