diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ac4a704..4d1ee15 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 AC_INIT([sysklogd], [2.0-beta1], [https://github.com/troglobit/sysklogd/issues],,
 	[https://github.com/troglobit/sysklogd])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign])
-LT_INIT
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign subdir-objects])
+LT_INIT([pic-only])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/syslogd.c])
diff --git a/lib/.gitignore b/lib/.gitignore
index 824d581..23edac5 100644
--- a/lib/.gitignore
+++ b/lib/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.o
+*.lo
 .dirstamp
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index ae1db65..4ec1cd9 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 #   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects
 
 bin_PROGRAMS     = logger
 sbin_PROGRAMS    = syslogd klogd
@@ -46,4 +45,5 @@ pkgconfig_DATA        = libsyslog.pc
 pkginclude_HEADERS    = syslog.h
 libsyslog_la_SOURCES  = syslog.c syslog.h
 libsyslog_la_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
+libsyslog_la_LIBADD   = $(LTLIBOBJS)
 libsyslog_la_LDFLAGS  = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -version-info 0:0:0