diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 00991f0cbbf8ed794f2876288b5a28b2d6bc3ae4..0125490ae5070d25dbd7c74ba8efdbf6d001f791 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dnl along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 AC_PREREQ([2.61])
 AC_INIT([dynare], [4.3-unstable])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([preprocessor/DynareMain.cc])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-pax])
 
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CXX