--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 RELEASE_NAME="Chestnut Tortelloni"
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Makefile.am])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2 subdir-objects])
 AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
 
 # Require xorg-macros minimum of 1.14 for XORG_COMPILER_BRAND in XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS