--- configure.ac.orig	2005-05-07 21:36:03.000000000 -0500
+++ configure.ac	2010-10-07 08:37:11.000000000 -0500
@@ -58,2 +58,3 @@
 AC_PROG_CC
+AM_PROG_AS
 # We need this for older versions of Autoconf.