diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 0d51a17..7ab1664 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ src/Fortran/H5PartF.c -text
 src/Fortran/H5PartF90.inc -text
 src/Fortran/TestUnderscore.f -text
 src/Fortran/TestUnderscoreC.c -text
+src/Makefile.am -text
 src/h5core/Makefile.am -text
 src/h5core/h5_attribs.c -text
 src/h5core/h5_core_private.h -text
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d843742..ba73632 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ AC_SUBST(TOOLS_HDFLIB)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	Makefile
 	doc/Makefile
+	src/Makefile
 	src/C/Makefile
 	src/h5core/Makefile
 	test/Makefile
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..226f3aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# test level Makefile.am
+
+SUBDIRS = h5core C