diff --git a/src/host/trxcon/configure.ac b/src/host/trxcon/configure.ac
index 554caab13..6508689bc 100644
--- a/src/host/trxcon/configure.ac
+++ b/src/host/trxcon/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script
 AC_INIT([trxcon], [0.0.0])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
-LT_INIT
 
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -std=gnu11"
 
@@ -21,6 +20,9 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOGSM, libosmogsm)
 dnl checks for header files
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 
+dnl init libtool
+LT_INIT
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(sanitize,
 	[AS_HELP_STRING(
 		[--enable-sanitize],