diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1ff70c4..b9af015 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.61)
 AC_INIT([picasso],[2.7.0],[https://github.com/fincs/picasso/issues])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([source/picasso_frontend.cpp])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
 
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST