diff --git a/legacy/edje/configure.in b/legacy/edje/configure.in
index a1d248465a..e8f3ab0b25 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/configure.in
+++ b/legacy/edje/configure.in
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 # get rid of that stupid cache mechanism
 rm -f config.cache
 
-AC_INIT(configure.in)
+AC_INIT(edje, 0.5.0.041)
+AC_PREREQ(2.52)
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(configure.in)
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_ISC_POSIX
 
-VER=0.5.0.041
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(edje, $VER)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(1.6 dist-bzip2)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 AC_PROG_CC
@@ -22,10 +23,10 @@ define([AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_CXX_CONFIG], [:])dnl
 define([AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_F77_CONFIG], [:])dnl
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
-VMAJ=`echo $VER | awk -F . '{printf("%s", $1);}'`
-VMIN=`echo $VER | awk -F . '{printf("%s", $2);}'`
-VMIC=`echo $VER | awk -F . '{printf("%s", $3);}'`
-SNAP=`echo $VER | awk -F . '{printf("%s", $4);}'`
+VMAJ=`echo $PACKAGE_VERSION | awk -F . '{printf("%s", $1);}'`
+VMIN=`echo $PACKAGE_VERSION | awk -F . '{printf("%s", $2);}'`
+VMIC=`echo $PACKAGE_VERSION | awk -F . '{printf("%s", $3);}'`
+SNAP=`echo $PACKAGE_VERSION | awk -F . '{printf("%s", $4);}'`
 version_info=`expr $VMAJ + $VMIN`":$VMIC:$VMIN"
 AC_SUBST(version_info)