diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
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+bin_PROGRAMS = grabc
+
+grabc_SOURCES = grabc.c
+
+grabc_CFLAGS = $(X_CFLAGS)
+grabc_LDADD = $(X_LIBS)
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	grabc.pod
+
+man_MANS = grabc.1
+
+grabc.1: grabc.pod
+	pod2man --date="2018-04-16" < $< > $@
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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+++ b/configure.ac
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+#                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
+# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+
+AC_PREREQ([2.69])
+AC_INIT([grabc], [1.0.2], [https://github.com/muquit/grabc/issues])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([grabc.c])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
+
+# Checks for programs.
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+
+# Checks for libraries.
+AC_CHECK_LIB([X11], [XOpenDisplay])
+
+# Checks for header files.
+AC_PATH_XTRA
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([unistd.h])
+
+# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+
+# Checks for library functions.
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strtol])
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT