diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b55685ae57..7d59449415 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 ##  Copyright (c) 1996, 97, 98, 99, 2000 Kunihiro Ishiguro <kunihiro@zebra.org>
 ##  Portions Copyright (c) 2003 Paul Jakma <paul@dishone.st>
 ##
+## $Id: configure.ac,v 1.49 2004/04/07 22:48:47 gdt Exp $
 AC_PREREQ(2.53)
 
 AC_INIT(quagga, 0.96.4, [http://bugzilla.quagga.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(lib/zebra.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(1.7)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(1.6)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 dnl default is to match previous behavior