diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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+AC_INIT([osmo-hlr],
+	m4_esyscmd([./git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
+	[openbsc@lists.osmocom.org])
+
+dnl *This* is the root dir, even if an install-sh exists in ../ or ../../
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
+
+dnl libtool init
+LT_INIT
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip 1.9])
+
+dnl kernel style compile messages
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+
+dnl checks for programs
+AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+
+dnl check for pkg-config (explained in detail in libosmocore/configure.ac)
+AC_PATH_PROG(PKG_CONFIG_INSTALLED, pkg-config, no)
+if test "x$PKG_CONFIG_INSTALLED" = "xno"; then
+        AC_MSG_WARN([You need to install pkg-config])
+fi
+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG([0.20])
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(TALLOC, [talloc >= 2.0.1])
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOCORE, libosmocore >= 0.9.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOGSM, libosmogsm >= 0.9.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOVTY, libosmovty >= 0.9.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOABIS, libosmoabis >= 0.3.2)
+
+found_sqlite3=yes
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SQLITE3, sqlite3, ,found_sqlite3=no)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SQLITE3, test "$found_sqlite3" = yes)
+AC_SUBST(found_sqlite3)
+
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+
+dnl checks for header files
+AC_HEADER_STDC
+
+AC_OUTPUT(
+	Makefile
+	src/Makefile
+	sql/Makefile
+	)