diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 3f9825b..ea93f30 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ aclocal --force
 libtoolize --force
 autoconf --force
 autoheader --force
-automake --add-missing --force-missing --foreign
+automake --add-missing --force-missing
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b8ee987..5778720 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ define(ver_git, m4_esyscmd([
 
 AC_PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE_NAME_LIBSTB_HAL
 AC_INIT([NI-libstb-hal],[ver_major.ver_minor.ver_micro],[https://www.neutrino-images.de])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([libstb-hal-config.h:config.h.in])
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES])
 AC_GNU_SOURCE