diff --git a/libs/libdingaling/Makefile.am b/libs/libdingaling/Makefile.am
index 0ca8d7a6b6..37bf42cb31 100644
--- a/libs/libdingaling/Makefile.am
+++ b/libs/libdingaling/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 EXTRA_DIST =
 SUBDIRS = 
-AUTOMAKE_OPTS=foreign
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 NAME=dingaling
 PREFIX=$(prefix)
 TOUCH_TARGET=@if test -f "$@" ; then touch "$@" ; fi ;