diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e9ddcac..956c26c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ALSAMIXER_DIR=alsamixer
 else
 ALSAMIXER_DIR=
 endif
-SUBDIRS= m4 include alsactl alsaconf $(ALSAMIXER_DIR) amidi amixer aplay iecset seq speaker-test utils
+SUBDIRS= include alsactl alsaconf $(ALSAMIXER_DIR) amidi amixer aplay iecset seq speaker-test utils m4
 EXTRA_DIST=ChangeLog INSTALL TODO README configure cvscompile depcomp
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS=foreign
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4