diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 3176d6dff..a08ed53d5 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Quick Instructions
 
    Go to the directory containing the package's source code and type:
 
-     autoreconf
+     autoreconf -is
      ./configure
      make install
      lmms
diff --git a/Makefile.cvs b/Makefile.cvs
index 425f7e4c2..8825ab7a6 100644
--- a/Makefile.cvs
+++ b/Makefile.cvs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ all:
 	@echo \ \* Creating config.h.in
 	@autoheader
 	@echo \ \* Creating Makefile templates
-	@automake
+	@automake -ac
 	@echo \ \* Creating configure
 	@autoconf
 	@echo \ \* Cleaning up