diff --git a/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/configure.in b/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/configure.in
index b7560d179a..2739da3620 100644
--- a/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/configure.in
+++ b/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/configure.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 AC_INIT([VampirTrace], [m4_normalize(esyscmd([cat VERSION]))], [vampirsupport@zih.tu-dresden.de], [VampirTrace])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR(config/m4)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 # If Automake supports silent rules, enable them.
diff --git a/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/extlib/otf/configure.in b/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/extlib/otf/configure.in
index ee91d2b0f0..fa6c45b309 100644
--- a/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/extlib/otf/configure.in
+++ b/ompi/contrib/vt/vt/extlib/otf/configure.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AC_INIT([OTF],
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR(config/m4)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 # If Automake supports silent rules, enable them.