diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c412de5..149df47 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
+m4_pattern_allow([AM_PROG_AR])
+AM_PROG_AR
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([HBAAPI], [HBAAPI])
 AC_SUBST([HBAAPI_CFLAGS])