diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index a9d78fcc59..7f67be869b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 	macros  \
 	tests   \
 	benchmarks \
-	tools
+	tools \
+	util
 
 BUILT_SOURCES =
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1788345119..660f051070 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ AC_OUTPUT([
 	tools/Makefile
 	tools/geos-config
 	tools/astyle/Makefile
+	util/Makefile
+	util/geosop/Makefile
 	])
 
 dnl AC_MSG_RESULT([ ------------ GEOS Build ------------ ])
diff --git a/util/Makefile.am b/util/Makefile.am
index 3a5ca2fa4c..c46e837217 100644
--- a/util/Makefile.am
+++ b/util/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This file is part of project GEOS (http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/)
 #
 SUBDIRS = \
-	geosop \
+	geosop 
 
 
 LIBS = $(top_builddir)/src/libgeos.la
diff --git a/util/geosop/Makefile.am b/util/geosop/Makefile.am
index 38bca5d376..5b5f2e3f78 100644
--- a/util/geosop/Makefile.am
+++ b/util/geosop/Makefile.am
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ geosop_SOURCES = \
 
 geosop_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libgeos.la
 
+
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 
 EXTRA_DIST = CMakeLists.txt