diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 368ded448..d29884976 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 	po \
 	schedutils \
 	sys-utils \
+	term-utils \
 	text-utils \
 	tests
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 93ff0699e..8421d5077 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1279,6 +1279,7 @@ shlibs/uuid/Makefile
 shlibs/uuid/man/Makefile
 shlibs/uuid/src/Makefile
 sys-utils/Makefile
+term-utils/Makefile
 tests/commands.sh
 tests/helpers/Makefile
 tests/Makefile
diff --git a/term-utils/Makefile.am b/term-utils/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3602b8c80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/term-utils/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+include $(top_srcdir)/config/include-Makefile.am
+
+bin_PROGRAMS =
+usrbin_exec_PROGRAMS =
+sbin_PROGRAMS =
+usrsbin_exec_PROGRAMS =
+dist_man_MANS =
+