diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index af28077..e746147 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
+SUBDIRS =
+
 AM_YFLAGS = -d -Wno-yacc
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = html2text
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 999c6fe..30c2536 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.71])
 AC_INIT([html2text], [2.3.0], [BUG-REPORT-ADDRESS])
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([disable])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.20])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
 AM_ICONV
 #AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([html.h])
 #AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])