diff --git a/zip/configure.ac b/zip/configure.ac
index cb514b48e8..ff839ebfec 100644
--- a/zip/configure.ac
+++ b/zip/configure.ac
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ dnl $Id$
 dnl not sure exactly what the minimum version is (but 2.13 wont work)
 AC_PREREQ(2.58)
 AC_INIT(BOINCZIP, 1.0.0)
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 
 dnl generate .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .zip
diff --git a/zip/aclocal.m4 b/zip/m4/aclocal.m4
similarity index 100%
rename from zip/aclocal.m4
rename to zip/m4/aclocal.m4