diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9831abead541b12e4cf520028dfbd1217327b657..cbccdd29adb28a134919ac198a794e596476bfa1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 pkglibexecdir="${libexecdir}/${PACKAGE_NAME}-${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
 AC_SUBST([pkglibexecdir])
 
+ALBERTA_SET_PREFIX
+
 #
 # all CONFIG_FILES for the ALBERTA libraries are added through the
 # ALBERT_DIMENSION_ENABLE/DISABLE() macros
@@ -530,7 +532,7 @@ AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct sigaction.sa_sigaction],,,[#include <signal.h>])
 # -----------------------
 # THESE ARE OUR OWN TESTS
 # -----------------------
-#
+
 # check for BLAS library. The BLAS may come under different names. We default
 # to -lblas, but other possibilities are sunperf, atlas, cxml (Alpha AXP)
 # etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc ...........................