diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6e9b6338..cb38b040 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 /Makefile.in
 /aclocal.m4
 /autom4te.cache/
-/config*
+/config.*
+/configure
 /depcomp
 /ebus-daemon
 /ebus-daemon*.tar.*
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6861ebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+AC_PREREQ([2.69])
+AC_INIT([ebus-daemon], [0.1], [roland.jax@liwest.at], [ebus-daemon], [https://github.com/yuhu-/ebus-daemon])
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 -Wall no-define])
+
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+
+AC_PROG_CXX
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBEBUS], [libebus-0.1 >= 0.1])
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT