diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 7377a64a..aa79714e 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ fi
 
 # old autoreconf/aclocal versions fail hard if m4 doesn't exist
 mkdir -p m4
+cp doc/scripts/ax_prog_cc_for_build.m4 m4/
 autoreconf --force --install
 echo "Now type './configure ...' and 'make' to compile."
diff --git a/doc/scripts/Makefile.am b/doc/scripts/Makefile.am
index b07b8a2f..607080c2 100644
--- a/doc/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 EXTRA_DIST= \
+	ax_prog_cc_for_build.m4 \
 	create-mime.conf.pl \
 	rrdtool-graph.sh \
 	spawn-php.sh
diff --git a/m4/ax_prog_cc_for_build.m4 b/doc/scripts/ax_prog_cc_for_build.m4
similarity index 100%
rename from m4/ax_prog_cc_for_build.m4
rename to doc/scripts/ax_prog_cc_for_build.m4