diff --git a/wmressel/Makefile.am b/wmressel/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..484a476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wmressel/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+bin_PROGRAMS = wmressel
+wmressel_SOURCES = src/wmressel.c src/wmressel-mask.xbm src/wmressel-master.xpm
+
+dist_man_MANS = wmressel.1
+
+EXTRA_DIST = BUGS HINTS
+
+AM_CFLAGS = $(Xlib_CFLAGS) $(libXpm_CFLAGS) $(Xext_CFLAGS) $(Xxf86vm_CFLAGS) \
+	$(Xinerama_CFLAGS) $(GTK_CFLAGS)
+LIBS += $(Xlib_LIBS) $(libXpm_LIBS) $(Xext_LIBS)  $(Xxf86vm_LIBS) \
+	$(Xinerama_LIBS) $(GTK_LIBS)
diff --git a/wmressel/Makefile.in b/wmressel/Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 88b3b53..0000000
--- a/wmressel/Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-DESTDIR = @prefix@
-
-wmressel:
-	cd src && make
-
-clean:
-	cd src && make $@
-
-install:: wmressel
-	@INSTALL@ -s -m 0755 src/wmressel $(DESTDIR)/bin/
-	@INSTALL@ -m 0644 wmressel.1 $(DESTDIR)/man/man1/
-	@echo "wmressel installation finished..."
-	
diff --git a/wmressel/configure.ac b/wmressel/configure.ac
index 7fd422b..57a955c 100644
--- a/wmressel/configure.ac
+++ b/wmressel/configure.ac
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT(src/wmressel.c)
+AC_INIT([wmressel], [0.8], [wmaker-dev@lists.windowmaker.org])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/wmressel.c])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
 
 dnl Checks for programs.
-AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_CC
 
 dnl Checks for libraries.
@@ -18,4 +19,4 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK,gtk+-3.0)
 dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 AC_TYPE_PID_T
 
-AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/Makefile)
+AC_OUTPUT([Makefile])
diff --git a/wmressel/install-sh b/wmressel/install-sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e9de238..0000000
--- a/wmressel/install-sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,251 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# install - install a program, script, or datafile
-# This comes from X11R5 (mit/util/scripts/install.sh).
-#
-# Copyright 1991 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-#
-# Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
-# documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
-# the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
-# copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
-# documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used in advertising or
-# publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific,
-# written prior permission.  M.I.T. makes no representations about the
-# suitability of this software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is"
-# without express or implied warranty.
-#
-# Calling this script install-sh is preferred over install.sh, to prevent
-# `make' implicit rules from creating a file called install from it
-# when there is no Makefile.
-#
-# This script is compatible with the BSD install script, but was written
-# from scratch.  It can only install one file at a time, a restriction
-# shared with many OS's install programs.
-
-
-# set DOITPROG to echo to test this script
-
-# Don't use :- since 4.3BSD and earlier shells don't like it.
-doit="${DOITPROG-}"
-
-
-# put in absolute paths if you don't have them in your path; or use env. vars.
-
-mvprog="${MVPROG-mv}"
-cpprog="${CPPROG-cp}"
-chmodprog="${CHMODPROG-chmod}"
-chownprog="${CHOWNPROG-chown}"
-chgrpprog="${CHGRPPROG-chgrp}"
-stripprog="${STRIPPROG-strip}"
-rmprog="${RMPROG-rm}"
-mkdirprog="${MKDIRPROG-mkdir}"
-
-transformbasename=""
-transform_arg=""
-instcmd="$mvprog"
-chmodcmd="$chmodprog 0755"
-chowncmd=""
-chgrpcmd=""
-stripcmd=""
-rmcmd="$rmprog -f"
-mvcmd="$mvprog"
-src=""
-dst=""
-dir_arg=""
-
-while [ x"$1" != x ]; do
-    case $1 in
-	-c) instcmd="$cpprog"
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-d) dir_arg=true
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-m) chmodcmd="$chmodprog $2"
-	    shift
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-o) chowncmd="$chownprog $2"
-	    shift
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-g) chgrpcmd="$chgrpprog $2"
-	    shift
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-s) stripcmd="$stripprog"
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-t=*) transformarg=`echo $1 | sed 's/-t=//'`
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-b=*) transformbasename=`echo $1 | sed 's/-b=//'`
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	*)  if [ x"$src" = x ]
-	    then
-		src=$1
-	    else
-		# this colon is to work around a 386BSD /bin/sh bug
-		:
-		dst=$1
-	    fi
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-    esac
-done
-
-if [ x"$src" = x ]
-then
-	echo "install:	no input file specified"
-	exit 1
-else
-	true
-fi
-
-if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]; then
-	dst=$src
-	src=""
-	
-	if [ -d $dst ]; then
-		instcmd=:
-		chmodcmd=""
-	else
-		instcmd=mkdir
-	fi
-else
-
-# Waiting for this to be detected by the "$instcmd $src $dsttmp" command
-# might cause directories to be created, which would be especially bad 
-# if $src (and thus $dsttmp) contains '*'.
-
-	if [ -f $src -o -d $src ]
-	then
-		true
-	else
-		echo "install:  $src does not exist"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	
-	if [ x"$dst" = x ]
-	then
-		echo "install:	no destination specified"
-		exit 1
-	else
-		true
-	fi
-
-# If destination is a directory, append the input filename; if your system
-# does not like double slashes in filenames, you may need to add some logic
-
-	if [ -d $dst ]
-	then
-		dst="$dst"/`basename $src`
-	else
-		true
-	fi
-fi
-
-## this sed command emulates the dirname command
-dstdir=`echo $dst | sed -e 's,[^/]*$,,;s,/$,,;s,^$,.,'`
-
-# Make sure that the destination directory exists.
-#  this part is taken from Noah Friedman's mkinstalldirs script
-
-# Skip lots of stat calls in the usual case.
-if [ ! -d "$dstdir" ]; then
-defaultIFS='	
-'
-IFS="${IFS-${defaultIFS}}"
-
-oIFS="${IFS}"
-# Some sh's can't handle IFS=/ for some reason.
-IFS='%'
-set - `echo ${dstdir} | sed -e 's@/@%@g' -e 's@^%@/@'`
-IFS="${oIFS}"
-
-pathcomp=''
-
-while [ $# -ne 0 ] ; do
-	pathcomp="${pathcomp}${1}"
-	shift
-
-	if [ ! -d "${pathcomp}" ] ;
-        then
-		$mkdirprog "${pathcomp}"
-	else
-		true
-	fi
-
-	pathcomp="${pathcomp}/"
-done
-fi
-
-if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]
-then
-	$doit $instcmd $dst &&
-
-	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dst; else true ; fi
-else
-
-# If we're going to rename the final executable, determine the name now.
-
-	if [ x"$transformarg" = x ] 
-	then
-		dstfile=`basename $dst`
-	else
-		dstfile=`basename $dst $transformbasename | 
-			sed $transformarg`$transformbasename
-	fi
-
-# don't allow the sed command to completely eliminate the filename
-
-	if [ x"$dstfile" = x ] 
-	then
-		dstfile=`basename $dst`
-	else
-		true
-	fi
-
-# Make a temp file name in the proper directory.
-
-	dsttmp=$dstdir/#inst.$$#
-
-# Move or copy the file name to the temp name
-
-	$doit $instcmd $src $dsttmp &&
-
-	trap "rm -f ${dsttmp}" 0 &&
-
-# and set any options; do chmod last to preserve setuid bits
-
-# If any of these fail, we abort the whole thing.  If we want to
-# ignore errors from any of these, just make sure not to ignore
-# errors from the above "$doit $instcmd $src $dsttmp" command.
-
-	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-
-# Now rename the file to the real destination.
-
-	$doit $rmcmd -f $dstdir/$dstfile &&
-	$doit $mvcmd $dsttmp $dstdir/$dstfile 
-
-fi &&
-
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/wmressel/src/Makefile.in b/wmressel/src/Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index ad29705..0000000
--- a/wmressel/src/Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-LIBS = -L/usr/lib @X_LIBS@ @X_PRE_LIBS@ -lX11 @LIBS@ @X_EXTRA_LIBS@
-FLAGS = @CFLAGS@ @GTK_CFLAGS@ @DEFS@
-OBJS = wmressel.o wmgeneral/wmgeneral.o wmgeneral/misc.o wmgeneral/list.o
-
-.c.o:
-	cc $(FLAGS) -c $< -o $*.o
-
-wmressel: $(OBJS)
-	cc $(FLAGS) -o wmressel $^ $(LIBS)
-
-all:: wmressel
-
-clean::
-	for i in $(OBJS) ; do \
-		rm -f $$i ; \
-	done
-	rm -f wmressel
diff --git a/wmressel/src/wmressel.c b/wmressel/src/wmressel.c
index 8abe573..b971542 100644
--- a/wmressel/src/wmressel.c
+++ b/wmressel/src/wmressel.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ Read the COPYING file for the complete GNU license.
 
 #define MY_EMAIL "slix@gcu-squad.org"
 #define GCU_HOME "http://gcu-squad.org/"
-#define WMRESSEL_VERSION "0.8"
 
 typedef struct {
 	int screen;
@@ -471,7 +470,7 @@ void BlitNum(int num, int x, int y)
 
 void usage(void)
 {
-	printf ("\n wmressel version %s -- X11 resolution selector for Window Maker\n", WMRESSEL_VERSION );
+	printf ("\n wmressel version %s -- X11 resolution selector for Window Maker\n", PACKAGE_VERSION );
 	printf (" Copyright (C) 2002 Sébastien Liénard <%s>\n", MY_EMAIL);
 	printf (" from GCU (%s)\n",GCU_HOME);
 	printf (" This software comes with NO WARRANTY.\n\n");
@@ -491,5 +490,5 @@ void usage(void)
 \*******************************************************************************/
 
 void printVersion(void) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "wmressel v%s\n", WMRESSEL_VERSION);
+	fprintf(stderr, "wmressel v%s\n", PACKAGE_VERSION);
 }