diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 63bf76a..a6c8ba6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/patchelf.cc])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror dist-bzip2 foreign color-tests parallel-tests])
 
-AC_PROG_CC
+AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AC_PROG_CXX
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile tests/Makefile patchelf.spec])