diff --git a/develop/ppl/ppl.conf b/develop/ppl/ppl.conf
index 51b56dac5..707046b75 100644
--- a/develop/ppl/ppl.conf
+++ b/develop/ppl/ppl.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../ppl/ppl.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2009 - 2012 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2009 - 2015 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
+# dist-lzma is deprecated in automake since version 1.12
+hook_add preconf 5 "sed -i -e 's/dist\-lzma/dist\-xz/g' configure.ac"
+hook_add preconf 6 "sed -i -e 's/dist\-lzma/dist\-xz/g' Watchdog/configure.ac"
+
 # we patch configure.ac and m4 files for getting a more decent way to specify
 # gmp libdir and includedir
 hook_add preconf 9 'autoreconf -vfis'