diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fd1dc33..5362719 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
 AC_INIT(libplist, 1.12, nospam@nowhere.com)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip check-news])
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])