diff -u argp-standalone-1.3/configure.ac argp-standalone-1.3.new/configure.ac
--- argp-standalone-1.3/configure.ac	2004-03-19 16:39:08.000000000 -0500
+++ argp-standalone-1.3.new/configure.ac	2011-01-13 14:27:10.000000000 -0500
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AM_PROG_CC_STDC
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 if test "x$am_cv_prog_cc_stdc" = xno ; then
   AC_ERROR([the C compiler doesn't handle ANSI-C])
diff -u argp-standalone-1.3/Makefile.am argp-standalone-1.3.new/Makefile.am
--- argp-standalone-1.3/Makefile.am	2005-05-10 08:07:49.000000000 -0400
+++ argp-standalone-1.3.new/Makefile.am	2011-01-13 14:28:00.000000000 -0500
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 SUBDIRS = . testsuite
 
-LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
+LTLIBOBJS = @LTLIBOBJS@
 
-lib_LIBRARIES = libargp.a
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libargp.la
 
 # argp-test needs random(), which is not available on windows.
 EXTRA_PROGRAMS = argp-test
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = mempcpy.c strchrnul.c strndup.c strcasecmp.c vsnprintf.c Versions
 
 # Leaves out argp-fs-xinl.c and argp-xinl.c 
-libargp_a_SOURCES = argp-ba.c argp-eexst.c argp-fmtstream.c \
+libargp_la_SOURCES = argp-ba.c argp-eexst.c argp-fmtstream.c \
 		    argp-help.c argp-parse.c argp-pv.c \
 		    argp-pvh.c
 
-libargp_a_LIBADD = $(LIBOBJS)
+libargp_la_LIBADD = $(LIBOBJS)
 
-argp_test_LDADD = libargp.a
+argp_test_LDADD = libargp.la
 
--- argp-standalone-1.3/testsuite/Makefile.am	2004-10-18 17:00:26.000000000 -0400
+++ argp-standalone-1.3.new/testsuite/Makefile.am	2011-01-13 14:27:59.000000000 -0500
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 TS_ALL = $(TS_PROGS) $(TS_SH)
 
-LDADD = ../libargp.a
+LDADD = $(top_builddir)/libargp.la
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(TS_SH) run-tests
 CLEANFILES = test.out