diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 340ad35..c7f210c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.57])
 AC_INIT([GLProto], [7.0], [xorg@lists.freedesktop.org])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.7], [foreign dist-bzip2])
  
 AC_OUTPUT([Makefile
            glproto.pc])