diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 95eba8740..3ed54816b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ AC_PROG_LN_S
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
+AM_PROG_AS
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG