diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bec368b0dd5e68de3e579641959c83c403d56af9..a0c64e2fa014403e026b43de106e5be30d4ab7e1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
      dune/common/Makefile
      dune/common/test/Makefile
      dune/common/exprtmpl/Makefile
+     dune/common/parallel/Makefile
      doc/Makefile
      doc/devel/Makefile
      doc/layout/Makefile
diff --git a/dune/common/Makefile.am b/dune/common/Makefile.am
index 8652a85f7078abef3246b1be77a27699b28561d9..58e913751a36b5e149c9574d0d2a8bddfe9deec8 100644
--- a/dune/common/Makefile.am
+++ b/dune/common/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # $Id$
 
-SUBDIRS = . test exprtmpl
+SUBDIRS = . test exprtmpl parallel
 
 # the standard debug streams are put into the libdune
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libcommon.la