diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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+AC_INIT([libtelnet], [0.9], [http://github.com/elanthis/libtelnet/tree/master])
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile)
+AC_OUTPUT