diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1f36262..e397680 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+AC_PREREQ([2.59])
 AC_INIT([sunrise-commit], [0.3])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.6 foreign dist-bzip2 no-dependencies])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile sunrise-commit sunrise-commit.1])
 AC_OUTPUT