diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 54d12512b..a1173d572 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ AC_INIT([mutter], [mutter_version],
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/core/display.c)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 MUTTER_MAJOR_VERSION=mutter_major_version