diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f91200a..30507f1 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign 1.7 dist-bzip2
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign 1.10 dist-bzip2
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.all.am