diff --git a/src/octave/Makefile.am b/src/octave/Makefile.am
index 977ad9d80c385bd62ded958fe044006af700e50b..627d9b6cb5cc1b321fcfe37803c420e52befd681 100644
--- a/src/octave/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/octave/Makefile.am
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ run-octave: $(OCTAVE_MODULES)
 	$(OCTAVE) --path $(abs_builddir) --path $(abs_srcdir)
 
 include $(srcdir)/octave.mk
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/am/global-rules
diff --git a/src/python/Makefile.am b/src/python/Makefile.am
index b1410531d0988b198a00099f47c0c9fd93330d90..85f749297461c4c711c0ea48f859939dfdd337a8 100644
--- a/src/python/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/python/Makefile.am
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ LDADD = \
 AM_LDFLAGS = \
 	$(DUNE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PYTHON_LDFLAGS)
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/am/global-rules