diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5e1debdc..0aee3bc5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AC_REVISION ($Revision$)
 AC_PREREQ(2.58)
 AC_INIT(nagios-plugins,1.4.3)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(NPTest.pm)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.8.3])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
diff --git a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
index 3c3eea44..1861e956 100644
--- a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
+++ b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 	<literallayout>
 	gnu make 3.79
-	automake 1.8
+	automake 1.8.3
 	autoconf 2.58
 	gnu libtool 1.5.6
 	</literallayout>