diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1e7a0d6f..eb4d881f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ dnl for plugins/xxx/Makefile.am
 hexchatlibdir=${libdir}/hexchat
 AC_SUBST(hexchatlibdir)
 
-AC_OUTPUT([
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 Makefile
 share/Makefile
 share/icons/Makefile
@@ -973,6 +973,8 @@ man/Makefile
 dnl plugins/tcl/Makefile
 dnl plugins/sasl/Makefile
 
+AC_OUTPUT
+
 echo
 echo HexChat $VERSION
 echo