diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b27ddd0ed..e90127070 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ AC_INIT(glib, [glib_version],
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([glib/glib.h])
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4macros])
 
 # Save this value here, since automake will set cflags later
 cflags_set=${CFLAGS+set}