diff -r b3fec744fc29 configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	Sat Oct 17 22:39:45 2020 +0000
+++ b/configure.ac	Sat Oct 17 22:40:17 2020 +0000
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 AC_PROG_CXXCPP
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
+AM_PROG_AR
 
 dnl ****
 dnl i18n
