diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b389838a..cf774e03 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(shadow, 4.4)
+AC_PREREQ([2.64])
+AC_INIT([shadow], [4.4], [pkg-shadow-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org], [],
+	[https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 dnl Some hacks...