diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3f154fedb4..3dab3ace2a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ AC_INIT([GIMP], [gimp_version],
         [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GIMP],
         [gimp])
 
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([app/core/gimp.c])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4macros])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(no-define dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip -Wno-portability)
-AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 # Enable silent build rules by default, requires at least
 # Automake-1.11. Disable by either passing --disable-silent-rules to