diff -ua a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	2013-09-19 15:10:33.339982117 -0700
+++ b/configure.ac	2013-09-19 15:12:09.759981997 -0700
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
diff -ua a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
--- a/Makefile.am	2013-09-19 15:10:45.569982101 -0700
+++ b/Makefile.am	2013-09-19 15:12:19.639981985 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS= -I m4
+
 SUBDIRS =	po src
 
 desktopdir = $(datadir)/applications