diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index fa94afec3f..547e4cb075 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ AC_PROG_INSTALL
 m4_defun([_LT_AC_LANG_F77_CONFIG], [:])
 m4_defun([_LT_AC_LANG_GCJ_CONFIG], [:])
 m4_defun([_LT_AC_LANG_RC_CONFIG], [:])
+AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 #Check for compiler vendor
diff --git a/libs/libresample/configure.in b/libs/libresample/configure.in
index 063d3c0ec8..d97edc16e1 100644
--- a/libs/libresample/configure.in
+++ b/libs/libresample/configure.in
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ AC_LANG_C
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_AWK
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
diff --git a/libs/libsndfile/configure.ac b/libs/libsndfile/configure.ac
index c92c5f50cf..96b6aa0d42 100644
--- a/libs/libsndfile/configure.ac
+++ b/libs/libsndfile/configure.ac
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ AC_LANG([C])
 SHARED_VERSION_INFO="1:17:0"
 
 AC_PROG_CC
+AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 AC_CHECK_PROG(autogen, autogen, yes, no)