diff --git a/install-sh b/config/install-sh
similarity index 100%
rename from install-sh
rename to config/install-sh
diff --git a/missing b/config/missing
similarity index 100%
rename from missing
rename to config/missing
diff --git a/mkinstalldirs b/config/mkinstalldirs
similarity index 100%
rename from mkinstalldirs
rename to config/mkinstalldirs
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index cc2ca4fc..9c5dc38f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_INIT(base/IInterface.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(synergy, 0.5)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(synergy, 0.5)
 
 dnl information on the package