diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 31c1736..082ea5a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 
 SUBDIRS = src data doc