diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6f516f99..b444e7a8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
 AC_INIT([bash-completion], [1.99])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dejagnu dist-bzip2 -Wall -Werror])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dejagnu dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip -Wall -Werror])
 AC_SUBST(bashcompdir, $sysconfdir/bash_completion.d)
 AC_SUBST(helpersdir, $sysconfdir/bash_completion.d/helpers)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile completions/Makefile completions/helpers/Makefile test/Makefile])