diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index a4ffb4f..334abb4 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 srcdir=`dirname $0`
 test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
 
-REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.14
+REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.11
 
 PKG_NAME="Infinity Visualization Plugin"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 57c2b56..da1ee84 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ AC_INIT([Infinity plugin],[0.9.0-dev],[https://github.com/dprotti/infinity-plugi
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.15 -Wno-portability no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-ustar])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 -Wno-portability no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-ustar])
 
 # Support silent build rules. Disable by either passing --disable-silent-rules
 # to configure or passing V=1 to make