diff --git a/Makefile.am b/platform/unix/Makefile.am
similarity index 100%
rename from Makefile.am
rename to platform/unix/Makefile.am
diff --git a/platform/unix/automagic b/platform/unix/automagic
index d5932facf..dfa3e4c6b 100755
--- a/platform/unix/automagic
+++ b/platform/unix/automagic
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ AUTOMAKE=$(which automake)
 [[ -x ${AUTOMAKE} ]]   || die "Could not find automake."
 
 automagic() {
+	cp platform/unix/configure.in .
+	cp platform/unix/Makefile.am .
+
 	if ! sh platform/unix/gen-makefile; then
 		echo "You should be doing this from the root directory of the project."
 		exit 1
diff --git a/configure.in b/platform/unix/configure.in
similarity index 96%
rename from configure.in
rename to platform/unix/configure.in
index dace4d313..3a9452c5d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/platform/unix/configure.in
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([platform/unix])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([platform/unix/m4])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/love.cpp])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall foreign tar-ustar])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall foreign tar-ustar silent-rules])
+AM_SILENT_RULES
 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT([/usr])
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 AC_PROG_CC