diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 223965bd2..1c54d9c08 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -61,4 +61,5 @@ AC_OUTPUT(Makefile 		\
 	lib/asn1/Makefile	\
 	lib/des/Makefile	\
 	lib/krb5/Makefile	\
+	lib/krb5/error/Makefile	\
 	kuser/Makefile)
diff --git a/lib/krb5/Makefile.am b/lib/krb5/Makefile.am
index 0c9f18b9b..aa8ebe125 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/krb5/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = no-dependencies
 
+SUBDIRS = error
+
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_builddir)/include 
 
 lib_LIBRARIES = krb5