diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4fdd2fb59..59bd03d0f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([unistd.h sys/ioctl.h])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign -Wall no-define no-dist-gzip dist-xz])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
+m4_ifdef([AM_PROG_AR], [AM_PROG_AR]) dnl Workaround for Automake 1.12
 
 # Initialize libtool
 LT_PREREQ([2.2])