diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 999f6539..23a7e80b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-AC_PREREQ([2.59])
+AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 AC_INIT([bash-completion], [1.99])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip -Wall -Werror])
 AC_PROG_LN_S
+AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
 AC_SUBST(compatdir, $sysconfdir/bash_completion.d)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile completions/Makefile doc/Makefile helpers/Makefile test/Makefile bash-completion.pc])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index 82f6df90..19d75573 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = completion \
 	     unit
 
 all:
-	$(mkdir_p) log tmp
+	$(MKDIR_P) log tmp
 
 distclean-local:
 	rm -rf log tmp