diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e193b552..db7fa4cb 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = dist-bzip2 dist-xz foreign subdir-objects
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-AM_CXXFLAGS = $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) $(COMMON_CXXFLAGS)
-AM_LDFLAGS  = $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB) $(BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB) $(COMMON_LDFLAGS)
+AM_CXXFLAGS = $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) $(COMMON_CXXFLAGS) $(ZLIB_CFLAGS)
+AM_LDFLAGS  = $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB) $(BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB) $(COMMON_LDFLAGS) $(ZLIB_LIBS)
 
 SUBDIRS = test