diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 1989437..d699909 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@
 sed '/undef VERSION/d' config.hin > config.hin2
 mv config.hin2 config.hin
 autoconf
-automake --copy --add-missing --foreign
+automake --copy --add-missing
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5abfe49..93d761d 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.13 subdir-objects tar-ustar])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.13 subdir-objects tar-ustar foreign])
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
 AC_ARG_VAR([PY_PREFIX], [Prefix for installing Python modules.