diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7e0df2a..a65bca7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(m4ri/brilliantrussian.c)
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([nostdinc])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([nostdinc foreign])
 
 dnl Include maintainer mode targets.
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE