+dnl The test for _AM_PROG_CC_C_O intends to test for automake 1.14 or newer,
+dnl which are the versions where subdir-objects can beused.
+dnl see: https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg181023.html
+m4_define([LYX_OBJECTS_LAYOUT], m4_ifdef([_AM_PROG_CC_C_O],[subdir-objects],))
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2 no-define 1.8] LYX_OBJECTS_LAYOUT)