diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ec89386..62655dc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PROG_RANLIB
 LT_INIT
 
 dnl checks for header files