diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 87ae451..beff1ed 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/integer/gcd/cl_I_gcd.cc)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([autoconf])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(autoconf/cl_config.h include/cln/config.h include/cln/host_cpu.h include/cln/version.h src/base/cl_base_config.h src/base/cl_gmpconfig.h src/timing/cl_t_config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.10 dist-bzip2])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.10 dist-bzip2 subdir-objects])
 AH_TOP([#ifndef _CL_CONFIG_H])
 AH_TOP([#define _CL_CONFIG_H])
 AH_TOP([#include "cln/host_cpu.h"])