diff -ur hplip-3.15.11/Makefile.am hplip-3.15.11.makefile/Makefile.am
--- hplip-3.15.11/Makefile.am	2015-11-12 03:29:04.000000000 -0700
+++ hplip-3.15.11.makefile/Makefile.am	2015-11-28 13:55:03.254724863 -0700
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #  (c) 2004-2015 Copyright HP Development Company, LP
 #  Author: David Suffield, Naga Samrat Chowdary Narla, Sarbeswar Meher
 INCLUDES = -Iip -Iio/hpmud -Iscan/sane -Iprnt/hpijs -Icommon/
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects
 CFLAGS+= -DCONFDIR=\"$(hplip_confdir)\"
 CXXFLAGS+= -DCONFDIR=\"$(hplip_confdir)\"