diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c4896f3d..03e49fef 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AC_INIT([strace],
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([strace.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-xz no-dist-gzip silent-rules])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-xz no-dist-gzip silent-rules parallel-tests])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST