diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 36566dd435..9f3a7e5a37 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 EXTRA_DIST =
 SUBDIRS = 
-AUTOMAKE_OPTS= gnu
+AUTOMAKE_OPTS = gnu foreign
 AM_MAKE=`which gmake 2>/dev/null || which make 2>/dev/null || make`
 MAKE=$(AM_MAKE)
 NAME=freeswitch
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 5d2aa9ea77..1206054875 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
 target_alias = @target_alias@
 EXTRA_DIST = 
 SUBDIRS = 
-AUTOMAKE_OPTS = gnu
+AUTOMAKE_OPTS = gnu foreign
 AM_MAKE = `which gmake 2>/dev/null || which make 2>/dev/null || make`
 MAKE = $(AM_MAKE)
 NAME = freeswitch