diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e1c13cc61e3..f860a48e3ad 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -158,5 +158,6 @@ AC_OUTPUT(Makefile
           tests/cunit/Makefile
           tests/unit/Makefile
           tests/general/Makefile
+          tests/general/util/Makefile
           examples/Makefile
           examples/c/Makefile)
diff --git a/tests/general/Makefile.am b/tests/general/Makefile.am
index 6f7f38223aa..c850fe213f8 100644
--- a/tests/general/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/general/Makefile.am
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 # Put together AM_CPPFLAGS and AM_LDFLAGS.
 include $(top_srcdir)/set_flags.am
 
+SRCDIRS = util
+
 # Build the test for make check.
 # check_PROGRAMS = pio_init_finalize
 # pio_init_finalize_SOURCES = pio_init_finalize.F90 util/pio_tutil.F90