diff --git a/hwmixvolume/gitcompile b/hwmixvolume/gitcompile
index 46977b7..a4d38f4 100755
--- a/hwmixvolume/gitcompile
+++ b/hwmixvolume/gitcompile
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if test -z "$AUTOMAKE_DIR" ; then
+  if test -d /usr/local/share/automake; then
+    AUTOMAKE_DIR=/usr/local/share/automake
+  fi
+  if test -d /usr/share/automake; then
+    AUTOMAKE_DIR="/usr/share/automake"
+  fi
+  if test -z "$AUTOMAKE_DIR" ; then
+    AUTOMAKE_DIR=/usr/share/`ls /usr/share | grep automake | tail -n 1`
+  fi
+fi
+
+for f in install-sh mkinstalldirs missing; do
+  cp -av $AUTOMAKE_DIR/$f . || exit 1
+done
+
 aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAGS || exit 1
 automake --foreign --add-missing || exit 1
 autoconf || exit 1