diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0c71d91..8fe9339 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ AC_SUBST([LIBSSL_VERSION], m4_esyscmd([tr -d '\n' < ssl/VERSION]))
 AC_SUBST([LIBTLS_VERSION], m4_esyscmd([tr -d '\n' < tls/VERSION]))
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])