diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9bcba6d..0129c2b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -Im4
+
 if WANT_LIBSDBUSPLUS
 
 nobase_include_HEADERS = \
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 50b75b7..313001a 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
         ;;
 esac
 
-autoreconf -i
+autoreconf -vfi
 echo 'Run "./configure ${CONFIGURE_FLAGS} && make"'
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9ca9f77..6ef46d9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 AC_INIT([sdbusplus], [1.0], [https://github.com/openbmc/sdbusplus/issues])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects -Wall -Werror foreign dist-xz])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])