diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ff49a9c178..93ce83d657 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -104,11 +104,16 @@ AM_DISABLE_STATIC
 AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
-dnl Set AS and ASFLAGS so that automake 1.5 will be happy
+dnl XXXX Hack: Set AS and ASFLAGS so that automake 1.5 will be happy
 AS="\${CC}"
 ASFLAGS="\${CFLAGS}"
 AC_SUBST(AS)
 AC_SUBST(ASFLAGS)
+dnl XXXX Hack: Set CCAS and CCASFLAGS so that automake 1.6 will be happy
+CCAS="\${CC}"
+CCASFLAGS="\${CFLAGS}"
+AC_SUBST(CCAS)
+AC_SUBST(CCASFLAGS)
 
 dnl Initialize maintainer mode
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE