diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 30d8747d..994a36ca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -76,12 +76,13 @@ clean:  # if configure hasn't run, nothing to clean
 endif
 
 configure: configure.ac
-	autoheader
-	autoconf
+	autoreconf
+	libtoolize -i
 
 include/builddefs include/config.h: configure
 	./configure \
-                --libexecdir=/usr/lib
+                --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
+                --exec_prefix=/var/lib
 
 aclocal.m4::
 	aclocal --acdir=`pwd`/m4 --output=$@
diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..666f4069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+dnl Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_WANT_LINUX_FIEMAP_H],
+  [ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([linux/fiemap.h], [ have_fiemap=true ], [ have_fiemap=false ])
+    AC_SUBST(have_fiemap)
+  ])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_WANT_LINUX_PRCTL_H],
+  [ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/prctl.h], [ have_prctl=true ], [ have_prctl=false ])
+    AC_SUBST(have_prctl)
+  ])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_WANT_LINUX_FS_H],
+  [ AC_CHECK_HEADER([linux/fs.h])
+  ])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_WANT_FALLOCATE],
+  [ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for fallocate])
+    AC_TRY_LINK([
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/falloc.h> ],
+      [ fallocate(0, 0, 0, 0); ],
+      [ have_fallocate=true; AC_MSG_RESULT(yes) ],
+      [ have_fallocate=false; AC_MSG_RESULT(no) ])
+    AC_SUBST(have_fallocate)
+  ])
diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index f3412e19..00000000
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# generated automatically by aclocal 1.11 -*- Autoconf -*-
-
-# Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
-# 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
-# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
-# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
-
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without
-# even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
-# PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-
-AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_WANT_LINUX_FIEMAP_H],
-  [ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([linux/fiemap.h], [ have_fiemap=true ], [ have_fiemap=false ])
-    AC_SUBST(have_fiemap)
-  ])
-
-AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_WANT_LINUX_PRCTL_H],
-  [ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/prctl.h], [ have_prctl=true ], [ have_prctl=false ])
-    AC_SUBST(have_prctl)
-  ])
-
-AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_WANT_LINUX_FS_H],
-  [ AC_CHECK_HEADER([linux/fs.h])
-  ])
-
-AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_WANT_FALLOCATE],
-  [ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for fallocate])
-    AC_TRY_LINK([
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
-#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <linux/falloc.h> ],
-      [ fallocate(0, 0, 0, 0); ],
-      [ have_fallocate=true; AC_MSG_RESULT(yes) ],
-      [ have_fallocate=false; AC_MSG_RESULT(no) ])
-    AC_SUBST(have_fallocate)
-  ])
-m4_include([m4/multilib.m4])
-m4_include([m4/package_acldev.m4])
-m4_include([m4/package_aiodev.m4])
-m4_include([m4/package_attrdev.m4])
-m4_include([m4/package_dmapidev.m4])
-m4_include([m4/package_gdbmdev.m4])
-m4_include([m4/package_globals.m4])
-m4_include([m4/package_ssldev.m4])
-m4_include([m4/package_utilies.m4])
-m4_include([m4/package_uuiddev.m4])
-m4_include([m4/package_xfslibs.m4])
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 246f92eb..2d7078bd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 AC_INIT([xfstests], [1.1.1])
-AC_PREREQ(2.50)
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+LT_INIT
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/xfsctl.c])
 AC_PACKAGE_GLOBALS(xfstests)
 AC_PACKAGE_UTILITIES(xfstests)
diff --git a/include/builddefs.in b/include/builddefs.in
index 24f838f5..b08f1211 100644
--- a/include/builddefs.in
+++ b/include/builddefs.in
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 ifndef _BUILDDEFS_INCLUDED_
 _BUILDDEFS_INCLUDED_ = 1
 
+top_builddir=$(TOPDIR)
+
 DEBUG = @debug_build@
 OPTIMIZER = @opt_build@
 MALLOCLIB = @malloc_lib@
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ LIBUUID = @libuuid@
 LIBHANDLE = @libhdl@
 LIBDM = @libdm@
 LIBTEST = $(TOPDIR)/lib/libtest.la
+prefix = @prefix@
 
 PKG_NAME        = @pkg_name@
 PKG_USER        = @pkg_user@
@@ -32,10 +35,8 @@ PKG_RELEASE     = @pkg_release@
 PKG_VERSION     = @pkg_version@
 PKG_PLATFORM    = @pkg_platform@
 PKG_DISTRIBUTION= @pkg_distribution@
-PKG_SBIN_DIR    = @sbindir@
-# A bit of a hack; by rights only state should probably go here
-# But for now ...
-PKG_LIB_DIR     = /var/lib/@pkg_name@
+PKG_LIB_DIR     = $(DESTDIR)@exec_prefix@/@pkg_name@
+
 
 CC              = @cc@
 AWK             = @awk@
diff --git a/install-sh b/install-sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 58e7b586..00000000
--- a/install-sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,259 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write the Free Software Foundation,
-# Inc.,  51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
-#
-#
-# This script emulates bsd install and also recognises
-# two environment variables, with the following semantics :-
-#
-# $DIST_MANIFEST - if set, the name of the file to append manifest
-#                  information in the following format:
-#                  File     :  f mode owner group src target
-#                  Directory:  d mode owner group target
-#                  Symlink  :  l linkval target
-#
-# $DIST_ROOT     - if set, prepend to target
-#
-# The sematics of all combinations of these two variables
-# are as follows:
-#
-# $DIST_MANIFEST?  $DIST_ROOT? |   Copy?  Append Manifest?
-# -----------------------------+--------------------------
-#       not set       not set  |    yes        no
-#       not set       set      |    yes        no
-#       set           not set  |    no         yes
-#       set           set      |    yes        yes
-#
-_usage() {
-    echo "Usage: $prog [-o owner] [-g group] [-m mode] -d directory"
-    echo "or     $prog [-D] [-o owner] [-g group] [-m mode] file directory/file"
-    echo "or     $prog [-o owner] [-g group] [-m mode] file [file ...] directory"
-    echo "or     $prog -S file target  (creates \"target\" symlink)"
-    echo ""
-    echo "The \$DIST_MANIFEST and \$DIST_ROOT environment variables affect the"
-    echo "behaviour of this command - see comments in the script."
-    echo "The -D flag is only available for the second usage, and causes"
-    echo "the target directory to be created before installing the file."
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-}
-
-_chown ()
-{
-    _st=255
-    if [ $# -eq 3 ] ; then
-	chown $1:$2 $3
-	_st=$?
-	if [ $_st -ne 0 ] ; then
-	    if [ $REAL_UID != '0' ] ; then
-		if [ ! -f $DIST_ROOT/.chown.quite ] ; then
-		    echo '==============================================='
-		    echo Ownership of files under ${DIST_ROOT:-/}
-		    echo cannot be changed
-		    echo '==============================================='
-		    if [ -n "$DIST_ROOT" ] ; then
-			touch $DIST_ROOT/.chown.quite
-		    fi
-		fi
-	       _st=0
-	    fi     
-	fi
-    fi
-
-    return $_st
-}
-
-
-_manifest ()
-{ 
-    echo $* | sed -e 's/\/\//\//g' >>${DIST_MANIFEST:-/dev/null}
-}
-
-prog=`basename $0`
-HERE=`pwd`
-dflag=false
-Dflag=false
-Sflag=false
-DIRMODE=755
-FILEMODE=644
-OWNER=`id -u`
-GROUP=`id -g`
-REAL_UID=$OWNER
-
-# default is to install and don't append manifest
-INSTALL=true
-MANIFEST=:
-
-: ${DIST_ROOT:=${DESTDIR}}
-
-[ -n "$DIST_MANIFEST" -a -z "$DIST_ROOT" ] && INSTALL=false
-[ -n "$DIST_MANIFEST" ] && MANIFEST="_manifest"
-
-[ $# -eq 0 ] && _usage
-
-if $INSTALL
-then
-    CP=cp; LN=ln; MKDIR=mkdir; CHMOD=chmod; CHOWN=_chown
-else
-    CP=true; LN=true; MKDIR=true; CHMOD=true; CHOWN=true
-fi
-
-[ -n "$DIST_ROOT" -a $REAL_UID -ne 0 ] && CHOWN=true
-
-while getopts "Dcm:d:S:o:g:" c $*
-do
-   case $c in
-   c)
-	;;
-   g)
-	GROUP=$OPTARG
-	;;
-   o)
-	OWNER=$OPTARG
-	;;
-   m)
-	DIRMODE=`expr $OPTARG`
-	FILEMODE=$DIRMODE
-	;;
-   D) 
-	Dflag=true
-	;;
-   S) 
-	symlink=$OPTARG
-	Sflag=true
-	;;
-   d) 
-	dir=$DIST_ROOT/$OPTARG
-	dflag=true
-	;;
-   *)
-   	_usage
-	;;
-   esac
-done
-
-shift `expr $OPTIND - 1`
-
-status=0
-if $dflag
-then
-    #
-    # first usage
-    #
-    $MKDIR -p $dir 
-    status=$?
-    if [ $status -eq 0 ]
-    then
-	$CHMOD $DIRMODE $dir
-	status=$?
-    fi
-    if [ $status -eq 0 ]
-    then
-	$CHOWN $OWNER $GROUP $dir
-	status=$?
-    fi
-    $MANIFEST d $DIRMODE $OWNER $GROUP ${dir#$DIST_ROOT}
-elif $Sflag
-then
-    #
-    # fourth usage (symlink)
-    #
-    if [ $# -ne 1 ]
-    then
-    	_usage
-    else
-    	target=$DIST_ROOT/$1
-    fi
-    $LN -s -f $symlink $target
-    status=$?
-    $MANIFEST l $symlink ${target#$DIST_ROOT} 
-else
-    list=""
-    dir=""
-    if [ $# -eq 2 ]
-    then
-	#
-	# second usage
-	#
-	f=$1
-	dir=$DIST_ROOT/$2
-	if $Dflag
-	then
-	    mkdir -p `dirname $dir`
-	fi
-	$CP $f $dir
-	status=$?
-	if [ $status -eq 0 ]
-	then 
-	    if [ -f $dir/$f ]
-	    then
-		$CHMOD $FILEMODE $dir/$f
-		status=$?
-		if [ $status -eq 0 ]
-		then
-		    $CHOWN $OWNER $GROUP $dir/$f
-		    status=$?
-		fi
-		$MANIFEST f $FILEMODE $OWNER $GROUP $HERE/$f ${dir#$DIST_ROOT}/$f
-	    else
-		$CHMOD $FILEMODE $dir
-		status=$?
-		if [ $status -eq 0 ]
-		then
-		    $CHOWN $OWNER $GROUP $dir
-		    status=$?
-		fi
-		$MANIFEST f $FILEMODE $OWNER $GROUP $HERE/$dir ${dir#$DIST_ROOT}
-	    fi
-	fi
-    else
-	#
-	# third usage
-	#
-	n=1
-	while [ $# -gt 0 ]
-	do
-	    if [ $# -gt 1 ]
-	    then
-		list="$list $1"
-	    else
-		dir=$DIST_ROOT/$1
-	    fi
-	    shift
-	done
-
-	# echo DIR=$dir list=\"$list\"
-	for f in $list
-	do
-	    $CP $f $dir
-	    status=$?
-	    if [ $status -eq 0 ]
-	    then
-		$CHMOD $FILEMODE $dir/$f
-		status=$?
-		if [ $status -eq 0 ]
-		then
-		    $CHOWN $OWNER $GROUP $dir/$f
-		    status=$?
-		fi
-		$MANIFEST f $FILEMODE $OWNER $GROUP $HERE/$f ${dir#$DIST_ROOT}/$f
-	    fi
-	    [ $status -ne 0 ] && break
-	done
-    fi
-fi
-
-exit $status
