diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 582170cb..3b4ad9cb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ AC_LANG(C)
 dnl Make sure autoconf doesn't interfere with cflags -jmallett
 CFLAGS="$OLD_CFLAGS"
 
+AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(libratbox)
 
 dnl Check for various compilers. -jmallett
 dnl But if $CC turns out to be gcc, sure as hell it's, well, gcc. -joshk