diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f0ed16ddf..8850c238b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -634,8 +634,13 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBLOBJS)
 AC_SUBST(EXTRA_DOT_DOC_FILES)
 AC_SUBST(EXTRA_DOT_X_FILES)
 
+dnl See also top_builddir in info node: (libtool)AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+top_builddir_absolute=`pwd`
+AC_SUBST(top_builddir_absolute)
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
   Makefile
+  am/Makefile
   libguile/Makefile
   libguile/guile-snarf
   libguile/guile-doc-snarf
@@ -667,7 +672,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
   examples/safe/Makefile
   test-suite/Makefile
   check-guile
-  guile-tools])
+  guile-tools
+  pre-inst-guile])
 
 AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS(default,
   [ chmod +x libguile/guile-snarf \
@@ -675,7 +681,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS(default,
              libguile/guile-func-name-check \
              libguile/guile-snarf-docs \
              check-guile \
-             guile-tools])
+             guile-tools \
+             pre-inst-guile])
 
 AC_OUTPUT