diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 06a29c72eb70ba4a825c5c2f9d27aa401528d02b..aa322e4b15675540f785b507fe5cf1affcedcfec 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  doc/doxygen/Doxyfile
                  dune/Makefile
                  dune/gfe/Makefile
+                 dune/gfe/coupling/Makefile
                  test/Makefile
                  m4/Makefile
                  dune-gfe.pc
diff --git a/dune/gfe/Makefile.am b/dune/gfe/Makefile.am
index 5fd2dac2c1f4f03280596ab01b6555cd60003201..16a5c44bed5f62c25547a0d63b8419d3e1c566a3 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/Makefile.am
+++ b/dune/gfe/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # $Id: $
 
-SUBDIRS =
+SUBDIRS = coupling
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = @AM_CPPFLAGS@ -I$(top_srcdir)/..