diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 115c6c8..4a920d7 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
 LIBS = @LIBS@
 LTLIBOBJS = @LTLIBOBJS@
+MAINT = @MAINT@
 MAKEINFO = @MAKEINFO@
 MKDIR_P = @MKDIR_P@
 OBJEXT = @OBJEXT@
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ all: all-am
 .SUFFIXES: .c .o .obj
 am--refresh: Makefile
 	@:
-$(srcdir)/Makefile.in:  $(srcdir)/Makefile.am  $(am__configure_deps)
+$(srcdir)/Makefile.in: @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ $(srcdir)/Makefile.am  $(am__configure_deps)
 	@for dep in $?; do \
 	  case '$(am__configure_deps)' in \
 	    *$$dep*) \
@@ -327,9 +328,9 @@ Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 $(top_builddir)/config.status: $(top_srcdir)/configure $(CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES)
 	$(SHELL) ./config.status --recheck
 
-$(top_srcdir)/configure:  $(am__configure_deps)
+$(top_srcdir)/configure: @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ $(am__configure_deps)
 	$(am__cd) $(srcdir) && $(AUTOCONF)
-$(ACLOCAL_M4):  $(am__aclocal_m4_deps)
+$(ACLOCAL_M4): @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ $(am__aclocal_m4_deps)
 	$(am__cd) $(srcdir) && $(ACLOCAL) $(ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS)
 $(am__aclocal_m4_deps):
 install-binPROGRAMS: $(bin_PROGRAMS)
diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 33d6b4a..8a4c0cd 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -618,6 +618,42 @@ fi
 rmdir .tst 2>/dev/null
 AC_SUBST([am__leading_dot])])
 
+# Add --enable-maintainer-mode option to configure.         -*- Autoconf -*-
+# From Jim Meyering
+
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+# AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([DEFAULT-MODE])
+# ----------------------------------
+# Control maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles.
+# Default is to disable them, unless 'enable' is passed literally.
+# For symmetry, 'disable' may be passed as well.  Anyway, the user
+# can override the default with the --enable/--disable switch.
+AC_DEFUN([AM_MAINTAINER_MODE],
+[m4_case(m4_default([$1], [disable]),
+       [enable], [m4_define([am_maintainer_other], [disable])],
+       [disable], [m4_define([am_maintainer_other], [enable])],
+       [m4_define([am_maintainer_other], [enable])
+        m4_warn([syntax], [unexpected argument to AM@&t@_MAINTAINER_MODE: $1])])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles])
+  dnl maintainer-mode's default is 'disable' unless 'enable' is passed
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE([maintainer-mode],
+    [AS_HELP_STRING([--]am_maintainer_other[-maintainer-mode],
+      am_maintainer_other[ make rules and dependencies not useful
+      (and sometimes confusing) to the casual installer])],
+    [USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=$enableval],
+    [USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=]m4_if(am_maintainer_other, [enable], [no], [yes]))
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$USE_MAINTAINER_MODE])
+  AM_CONDITIONAL([MAINTAINER_MODE], [test $USE_MAINTAINER_MODE = yes])
+  MAINT=$MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE
+  AC_SUBST([MAINT])dnl
+]
+)
+
 # Check to see how 'make' treats includes.	            -*- Autoconf -*-
 
 # Copyright (C) 2001-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3b9e422..5b966e2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -642,6 +642,9 @@ CPPFLAGS
 LDFLAGS
 CFLAGS
 CC
+MAINT
+MAINTAINER_MODE_FALSE
+MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE
 am__xargs_n
 am__rm_f_notfound
 AM_BACKSLASH
@@ -719,6 +722,7 @@ ac_subst_files=''
 ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_silent_rules
+enable_maintainer_mode
 enable_dependency_tracking
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
@@ -1354,6 +1358,9 @@ Optional Features:
   --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
   --enable-silent-rules   less verbose build output (undo: "make V=1")
   --disable-silent-rules  verbose build output (undo: "make V=0")
+  --enable-maintainer-mode
+                          enable make rules and dependencies not useful (and
+                          sometimes confusing) to the casual installer
   --enable-dependency-tracking
                           do not reject slow dependency extractors
   --disable-dependency-tracking
@@ -3362,6 +3369,31 @@ fi
 
 
 
+{ printf '%s\n' "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles" >&5
+printf %s "checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... " >&6; }
+    # Check whether --enable-maintainer-mode was given.
+if test ${enable_maintainer_mode+y}
+then :
+  enableval=$enable_maintainer_mode; USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=$enableval
+else case e in #(
+  e) USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=no ;;
+esac
+fi
+
+  { printf '%s\n' "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $USE_MAINTAINER_MODE" >&5
+printf '%s\n' "$USE_MAINTAINER_MODE" >&6; }
+   if test $USE_MAINTAINER_MODE = yes; then
+  MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE=
+  MAINTAINER_MODE_FALSE='#'
+else
+  MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE='#'
+  MAINTAINER_MODE_FALSE=
+fi
+
+  MAINT=$MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE
+
+
+
 
 
 
@@ -5015,6 +5047,10 @@ else
   am__EXEEXT_FALSE=
 fi
 
+if test -z "${MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE}" && test -z "${MAINTAINER_MODE_FALSE}"; then
+  as_fn_error $? "conditional \"MAINTAINER_MODE\" was never defined.
+Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally." "$LINENO" 5
+fi
 if test -z "${AMDEP_TRUE}" && test -z "${AMDEP_FALSE}"; then
   as_fn_error $? "conditional \"AMDEP\" was never defined.
 Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally." "$LINENO" 5
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4b56013..9ccdb8f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ AC_INIT([mikusays], [0.1.1], [], [mikusays], [https://github.com/davideldios7/mi
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects -Wall])
+AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([disable])
 
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS