diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 84173758e..2ea4d8934 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ m4_define(PA_MICRO, [11])
 AC_INIT([pulseaudio], PA_MAJOR.PA_MINOR.PA_MICRO,[mzchyfrnhqvb (at) 0pointer (dot) net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/daemon/main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.10 -Wall])
 
 AC_SUBST(PA_MAJORMINOR, "PA_MAJOR.PA_MINOR")
 AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_URL, [http://pulseaudio.org/])