diff --git a/wmhdplop/Makefile.am b/wmhdplop/Makefile.am
index 7870655..61e7b54 100644
--- a/wmhdplop/Makefile.am
+++ b/wmhdplop/Makefile.am
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ LIBTOOLSUX_GKHDPLOP_SRC=wmhdplop.c util.c util.h procstat.c procstat.h devnames.
 
 gkhdplop_so_SOURCES=$(LIBTOOLSUX_GKHDPLOP_SRC)
 gkhdplop_so_CFLAGS=-DGKRELLM -fPIC $(GTK2_CFLAGS) $(IMLIB2_CFLAGS)
-gkhdplop_so_LDADD=-shared $(IMLIB2_LIBS) -lm
+gkhdplop_so_LDADD=$(IMLIB2_LIBS) -lm
+gkhdplop_so_LDFLAGS=-shared
 
 all: @GKHDPLOP@
diff --git a/wmhdplop/configure.ac b/wmhdplop/configure.ac
index 5f110c0..2bef359 100644
--- a/wmhdplop/configure.ac
+++ b/wmhdplop/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-AC_INIT(wmhdplop.c)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(wmhdplop, 0.9.9)
+AC_INIT(wmhdplop, 0.9.9)
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(wmhdplop.c)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 AC_SUBST(VERSION)
@@ -9,9 +10,6 @@ AC_SUBST(ISODATE)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
-AM_DISABLE_STATIC
-AM_ENABLE_SHARED
-
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_HEADER_STDC