diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6fd50fdb..35031e55 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ AC_INIT([libsodium],[1.0.1],
   [https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/issues],
   [libsodium],
   [https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium])
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/libsodium/sodium/version.c])
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST