diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index aa74d3511967e2b22772cf1203261d053f3cac7a..48148364b4ca51305433f00c0ce55083ff4d86ce 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
 
 NULL =
 
-DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = \
+AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = \
 	--without-elogind  \
 	--without-systemd