diff --git a/libs/tiff-4.0.2/Makefile.am b/libs/tiff-4.0.2/Makefile.am
index 8e93e3c3da..87c8d6a3c0 100644
--- a/libs/tiff-4.0.2/Makefile.am
+++ b/libs/tiff-4.0.2/Makefile.am
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 docdir = $(LIBTIFF_DOCDIR)
 
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.11 dist-zip foreign
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.7 dist-zip foreign
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
 docfiles = \