diff --git a/echomixer/gitcompile b/echomixer/gitcompile
index 0182277..39e35de 100755
--- a/echomixer/gitcompile
+++ b/echomixer/gitcompile
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if test "x$AUTOMAKE_DIR" = "x"; then
+if test -z "$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