diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d05e633a78..fc6a3f6319 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ AC_SUBST([HAVE_WCHAR_T])
 # Needed for Mingw-w64
 AC_TYPE_LONG_LONG_INT
 
+# egrep is used in lib/Makefile.am
+AC_PROG_EGREP
+
 ### We need iconv for unicode support (Qt frontend requires it too)
 LYX_USE_INCLUDED_ICONV
 
diff --git a/status.24x b/status.24x
index 538c881b43..6414a40abb 100644
--- a/status.24x
+++ b/status.24x
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ What's new
 
 * BUILD/INSTALLATION
 
-
+- Fix 'make install' target for autotools builds with autoconf >= 2.72.