diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 30005a2fc3..a50dcda23e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-06-23	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* configure.ac: autoconf >= 2.65, automake >= 1.11.
+
 2010-06-21	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	* Makefile.maint, README.configure: Remove more ITRON references.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 12bcb9201b..fabb93f4d0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ## 
 ## $Id$
 
-AC_PREREQ(2.60)
+AC_PREREQ(2.65)
 AC_INIT([rtems],[_RTEMS_VERSION],[http://www.rtems.org/bugzilla])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([c])
 RTEMS_TOP([.])
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ AS_IF([test -f aclocal/version.m4],[
 ])
 
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET([])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([no-define foreign dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip 1.10])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([no-define foreign dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip 1.11])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 ## These option are only in here to let --help report all supported