diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1949fa779..89d6c8c1c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([build/autotools])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9.6 foreign -Wno-portability no-define])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 foreign -Wno-portability no-define dist-bzip2 check-news])
 
 CLUTTER_MAJOR_VERSION=clutter_major_version
 CLUTTER_MINOR_VERSION=clutter_minor_version