diff --git a/bin/duneproject b/bin/duneproject
index 45bfdf22c83fc3a9c2ecd8ba11ef86029c4f6a3b..98a3d5cb227a1b57ca613469915c678b64d26f8f 100755
--- a/bin/duneproject
+++ b/bin/duneproject
@@ -414,10 +414,11 @@ ${CMODULE}_LDADD = \$(MPI_LDFLAGS) \$(ALBERTA_LDFLAGS) \$(ALBERTA_LIBS) \$(AMIRA
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign 1.5
 # pass most important options when "make distcheck" is used
 DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --with-dune=\$(DUNEROOT) CXX="\$(CXX)" CC="\$(CC)"
-M_DELIM
 
-include $(top_srcdir)/am/top-rules
-include $(top_srcdir)/am/global-rules
+include \$(top_srcdir)/am/top-rules
+include \$(top_srcdir)/am/global-rules
+
+M_DELIM
 
 ################## STAMP-VC ##################
 touch $PROJECT/stamp-vc