diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c47108d9..38158550 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pkgconfigdir=$(LIBBURNIA_PKGCONFDIR)
 libincludedir=$(includedir)/libisoburn
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libisoburn/libisoburn.la 
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I ./
 
 ## ========================================================================= ##
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1732de5c..c11fbf65 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 LIBBURNIA_SET_FLAGS
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([./])
 
 dnl Hint: Search list for version code aspects:
 dnl       /AC_INIT(
diff --git a/xorriso/configure_ac.txt b/xorriso/configure_ac.txt
index 6714d9d7..c5b5b4f5 100644
--- a/xorriso/configure_ac.txt
+++ b/xorriso/configure_ac.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 LIBBURNIA_SET_FLAGS
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([./])
 
 dnl Let autoheader produce config.h.in and let configure produce config.h
 dnl This saves about 500 characters of compile message per source file.
diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso_makefile_am.txt b/xorriso/xorriso_makefile_am.txt
index 18edb6c8..51550066 100644
--- a/xorriso/xorriso_makefile_am.txt
+++ b/xorriso/xorriso_makefile_am.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pkgconfigdir=$(LIBBURNIA_PKGCONFDIR)
 libincludedir=
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES =
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I ./
 
 ## ========================================================================= ##