diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 864292d..11658a7 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+AC_PREREQ(2.53)
 AC_INIT(alsamixer/alsamixer.c)
 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(alsa-utils, 1.0.4rc1)