diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2034b2e..841b2f0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 foreign dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip])
 
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+
 GNOME_COMMON_INIT
 GNOME_DOC_INIT