diff --git a/dune/elasticity/common/Makefile.am b/dune/elasticity/common/Makefile.am
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+SUBDIRS = 
+
+commondir = $(includedir)/dune/elasticity/common
+
+common_HEADERS =  elasticityhelpers.hh
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/am/global-rules
+