diff --git a/version-check.sh b/version-check.sh
index a047dc4..22fa500 100755
--- a/version-check.sh
+++ b/version-check.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ ver_kernel()
 
 # Coreutils first because-sort needs Coreutils >= 7.0
 ver_check Coreutils      sort     7.0 || bail "--version-sort unsupported"
+#geussing this should work?
+ver_check Automake       automake     1.0 
 ver_check Bash           bash     3.2
 ver_check Binutils       ld       2.13.1
 ver_check Bison          bison    2.7