diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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+AC_INIT([osmo-remsim],
+	m4_esyscmd([./git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
+	[simtrace@lists.osmocom.org])
+
+dnl *This* is the root dir, even if an install-sh exists in ../ or ../../
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
+
+LT_INIT
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip 1.9 tar-ustar])
+dnl tar-ustar: some asn1 filenames surpass the 99 char limit of tar, so we need
+dnl to make tar allow longer filenames.
+
+
+dnl kernel style compile messages
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+
+dnl include release helper
+RELMAKE='-include osmo-release.mk'
+AC_SUBST([RELMAKE])
+
+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$PKG_CONFIG_INSTALLED" = "xno"; then
+        AC_MSG_WARN([You need to install pkg-config])
+fi
+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG([0.20])
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OSMOCORE, libosmocore >= 0.11.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ASN1C, libasn1c >= 0.9.30)
+
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+
+dnl checks for header files
+AC_HEADER_STDC
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(sanitize,
+	[AS_HELP_STRING(
+		[--enable-sanitize],
+		[Compile with address sanitizer enabled],
+	)],
+	[sanitize=$enableval], [sanitize="no"])
+if test x"$sanitize" = x"yes"
+then
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined"
+	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined"
+fi
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(werror,
+	AS_HELP_STRING(
+		[--enable-werror],
+		[Turn all compiler warnings into errors, with exceptions:
+		 a) deprecation (allow upstream to mark deprecation without breaking builds);
+		 b) "#warning" pragmas (allow to remind ourselves of errors without breaking builds)
+		]
+	)],
+	[werror=$enableval], [werror="no"])
+if test x"$werror" = x"yes"
+then
+	WERROR_FLAGS="-Werror"
+	WERROR_FLAGS+=" -Wno-error=deprecated -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations"
+	WERROR_FLAGS+=" -Wno-error=cpp" # "#warning"
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $WERROR_FLAGS"
+	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $WERROR_FLAGS"
+fi
+
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall"
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -Wall"
+
+AC_MSG_RESULT([CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"])
+
+AC_OUTPUT(
+	Makefile
+	src/Makefile
+	src/rspro/Makefile
+	include/Makefile
+	include/osmocom/Makefile
+	include/osmocom/rspro/Makefile
+	)