diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index d59bb41db3..fcc26d3d47 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -4293,3 +4293,11 @@ Bernd  11 Jun 2012
 
     lib/
         app_ipc.h
+
+Rom    12 Jun 2012
+    - Make things build again on Mac OSX 10.8 using the autoconf
+        framework.
+      (From Oliver Bock)
+      
+    /
+        configure.ac  
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1de347370a..9da2c18bc1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ fi
 dnl Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CXX
+AC_PROG_OBJCXX
 AC_PROG_F77
 AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET