diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3ac99c7..fbc1326 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip 1.9])
 
+AC_CONFIG_TESTDIR(tests)
+
 dnl kernel style compile messages
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 
@@ -44,4 +46,6 @@
 	Makefile
 	src/Makefile
 	sql/Makefile
+	tests/Makefile
+	tests/auc/Makefile
 	)