diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d946916..923da3c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ stamp-*
 .libs
 genshader
 src/output_shaders.c
+src/genshader.c
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2073593..4323ea1 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += src/output_shader_def.vert src/output_shader_def.frag \
 	src/output_shader_tex.vert src/output_shader_tex.frag
 CLEANFILES += src/output_shaders.c
 
-genshader_SOURCES = \
+nodist_genshader_SOURCES = \
 	src/genshader.c
 
 src/output_shaders.c: src/output_shader_def.vert src/output_shader_def.frag \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6dfe1ae..2c3bf4f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -119,4 +119,5 @@ if test ! x$debug = xyes ; then
 fi
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT([src/genshader.c])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/src/genshader.c b/src/genshader.c.in
similarity index 90%
rename from src/genshader.c
rename to src/genshader.c.in
index 418a7e7..5fbb632 100644
--- a/src/genshader.c
+++ b/src/genshader.c.in
@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *def_vert, *def_frag, *tex_vert, *tex_frag;
 	size_t vs, fs, tvs, tfs;
 
-	def_vert = read_file("./src/output_shader_def.vert", &vs);
-	def_frag = read_file("./src/output_shader_def.frag", &fs);
-	tex_vert = read_file("./src/output_shader_tex.vert", &tvs);
-	tex_frag = read_file("./src/output_shader_tex.frag", &tfs);
+	def_vert = read_file("@abs_srcdir@/output_shader_def.vert", &vs);
+	def_frag = read_file("@abs_srcdir@/output_shader_def.frag", &fs);
+	tex_vert = read_file("@abs_srcdir@/output_shader_tex.vert", &tvs);
+	tex_frag = read_file("@abs_srcdir@/output_shader_tex.frag", &tfs);
 
-	write_file("./src/output_shaders.c", def_vert, vs, def_frag, fs,
-						tex_vert, tvs, tex_frag, tfs);
+	write_file("@abs_builddir@/output_shaders.c", def_vert, vs,
+				def_frag, fs, tex_vert, tvs, tex_frag, tfs);
 
 	free(tex_vert);
 	free(tex_frag);