diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 00fe83985..642637404 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Gajim 0.11 (XX October 2006)
-
+  * New build system, using GNU autotools. See README.
+  * Support for link-local messaging via zeroconf/bonjour
   * Intoducing View Menu (GNOME HIG)
   * GNOME Keyring Support (if GNOME keyring available, manage passwords and save them in an encrypted file).
   * Ability to now hide the Transports group
diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index 3be3024eb..2fe8be3ab 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ If you still have problems compiling, you may want to try removing the gtk1 seri
 <h2>Installation Procedure</h2>
 <ol>
 <li>tar jxvf gajim-version.tar.bz2</li>
-</li>cd gajim</li>
-</li>make (builds all modules)</li>
-</li>su -c make install</li>
+<li>cd gajim</li>
+<li>./configure</li>
+<li>make (builds all modules)</li>
+<li>su -c make install</li>
 </ol>
 
 <p>
@@ -81,8 +82,22 @@ Just do <em>gajim</em> or you can run Gajim from your GNOME/XFCE/KDE/whatever me
 
 or if you didn't 'make install' you can also run from gajim folder with
 <em>./launch.sh</em>
+<hr>
+<h3>Note for svn users</h3>
+You will need GNU autotools in order to install Gajim from svn. This includes: 
+<ul>
+<li>automake &gt;= 1.8 </li>
+<li>autoconf &gt;= 2.59 </li>
+<li>libtool</li>
+<li>intltool-0.35.0 </li>
+</ul>
 </p>
-
+steps to compile gajim:
+<pre>
+    $ sh autogen.sh
+    $ ./configure
+    $ make
+</pre>
 <h2>Uninstallation Procedure</h2>
 <p>
 su -c make uninstall<br/>
diff --git a/src/common/gajim.py b/src/common/gajim.py
index 8f5a7faef..29481a181 100644
--- a/src/common/gajim.py
+++ b/src/common/gajim.py
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ except ImportError:
 If you start gajim from svn:
  * Make sure you have GNU autotools installed.
    This includes the following packages:
-    aclocal-1.9
-    automake-1.9
+    automake >= 1.8
     autoconf >= 2.59
     intltool-0.35
     libtool