diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 1779c29b1..7b9cf97c6 100644
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ cat > automation/Makefile.am <<EOF
 ## This file is automatically generated.
 ## Please edit autogen.sh if you need to modify this file.
 
-EXTRA_DIST = \\
+automationdir = $(datarootdir)/aegisub/automation
+automation_DATA = \\
 EOF
 
 find automation/ -name '*.lua' -or -name '*.rb' -or -name '*.auto3' -or -name '*.txt' | sed '{s/^automation\//\t/; s/$/ \\/}' >> automation/Makefile.am