diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0ab8e68e..2a44051b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.61)
 # Initialize the gps loc-hal package version 1.0.0
 AC_INIT([loc-hal],1.0.0)
 # Does not strictly follow GNU Coding standards
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
 # Disables auto rebuilding of configure, Makefile.ins
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 # Verifies the --srcdir is correct by checking for the path
diff --git a/core/configure.ac b/core/configure.ac
index ea0a128d..c3e062b6 100644
--- a/core/configure.ac
+++ b/core/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.61)
 # Initialize the gps loc-hal package version 1.0.0
 AC_INIT([loc-core],1.0.0)
 # Does not strictly follow GNU Coding standards
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
 # Disables auto rebuilding of configure, Makefile.ins
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 # Verifies the --srcdir is correct by checking for the path
diff --git a/location/configure.ac b/location/configure.ac
index 6391d65d..39abb69f 100644
--- a/location/configure.ac
+++ b/location/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.61)
 # Initialize the gps location-api-iface package version 1.0.0
 AC_INIT([location-api-iface],1.0.0)
 # Does not strictly follow GNU Coding standards
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
 # Disables auto rebuilding of configure, Makefile.ins
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 # Verifies the --srcdir is correct by checking for the path
diff --git a/utils/configure.ac b/utils/configure.ac
index fd164943..2a04f450 100644
--- a/utils/configure.ac
+++ b/utils/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.61)
 # Initialize the gps gps-utils package version 1.0.0
 AC_INIT([gps-utils],1.0.0)
 # Does not strictly follow GNU Coding standards
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
 # Disables auto rebuilding of configure, Makefile.ins
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 # Verifies the --srcdir is correct by checking for the path