diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index b64b2a7..da7449e 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([TUXBOX_APPS],[
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
-AC_GNU_SOURCE
 AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(target,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index db9cf86..b8a2911 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ AC_INIT(libstb-hal,0.1.1)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libstb-hal,0.1.1)
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+AC_GNU_SOURCE
 LT_INIT
 
 ## ugly, disables shared library build (not wanted yet)