diff --git a/INSTALL.MacOSX b/INSTALL.MacOSX
index d0a691c939..2d17501515 100644
--- a/INSTALL.MacOSX
+++ b/INSTALL.MacOSX
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ and can be downloaded from
 <http://www.trolltech.com/download/qt/mac.html>. You will need to 
 compile it yourself (as described below).
 
-2. automake, version 1.9 or higher (check with automake --version). 
+2. automake, version 1.5 or higher (check with automake --version). 
 Probably the easiest way to get this is to use DarwinPorts (from
 http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/getdp/) and install automake
 using