diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 18e8229ff738b238e72562a0aeaf6f7e751ae342..005ee7054317887fa11a0abea4a27d9c013fc063 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-xz])
 
 # Initialize libtool
-AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+LT_INIT
 
 # Require X.Org macros 1.16 or later for XORG_MEMORY_CHECK_FLAGS
 m4_ifndef([XORG_MACROS_VERSION],