diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1c7c24cf6a..743a3571ad 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ AC_INIT([libvirt], [0.7.6])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/libvirt.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 dnl Make automake keep quiet about wildcards & other GNUmake-isms
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wno-portability])