diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 26db1b6..fc16945 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ fi
 
 # no version checking is done here, it's too hard and not worth the effort
 # when one can just read the README
-aclocal && \
+aclocal-1.6 && \
 autoheader && \
 libtoolize --copy --automake && \
-automake1.6 --foreign --add-missing --copy && \
+automake-1.6 --foreign --add-missing --copy && \
 autoconf