diff --git a/legacy/evil/configure.ac b/legacy/evil/configure.ac
index 51659290bc..69663b8a17 100644
--- a/legacy/evil/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/evil/configure.ac
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ case "$host_os" in
     ;;
 esac
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(1.6 dist-bzip2)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.6 dist-bzip2])
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 
 AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
 define([AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_F77_CONFIG], [:])dnl