diff --git a/PG-PuReMD/Makefile.am b/PG-PuReMD/Makefile.am
index 9c177cd81f429479040bd75dda2e3dc89601c0a0..3aa475176af1d2bd939f5f51acbb56c282b82c4a 100644
--- a/PG-PuReMD/Makefile.am
+++ b/PG-PuReMD/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I ../m4
+
 if USE_CUDA
 SUFFIXES = .cu
 include ../cuda.am
diff --git a/PuReMD-GPU/Makefile.am b/PuReMD-GPU/Makefile.am
index e2d60f76f7d9387b70b1566223a766a9027dd590..d433237070eb800b0142d0f81be5f10b42553035 100644
--- a/PuReMD-GPU/Makefile.am
+++ b/PuReMD-GPU/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I ../m4
+
 SUFFIXES = .cu
 include ../cuda.am
 
diff --git a/PuReMD/Makefile.am b/PuReMD/Makefile.am
index 17643df14cf731708227a6aeec1f38fb92756740..809f3f0ca43c9c06dae8dabf13d57b778af2ff71 100644
--- a/PuReMD/Makefile.am
+++ b/PuReMD/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I ../m4
+
 AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -O3 -funroll-loops -fstrict-aliasing #-finline-functions -finline-limit=15 -qhot
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = bin/puremd
diff --git a/sPuReMD/Makefile.am b/sPuReMD/Makefile.am
index 84f237b08c8550fada07f9c345c844399da817bc..e20fa4db3705f06ce69f7d729ad16cfae4cf6ddc 100644
--- a/sPuReMD/Makefile.am
+++ b/sPuReMD/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I ../m4
+
 bin_PROGRAMS = bin/spuremd
 bin_spuremd_SOURCES = src/ffield.c src/grid.c src/list.c src/lookup.c src/print_utils.c \
 		  src/reset_utils.c src/restart.c src/random.c src/tool_box.c src/traj.c \
diff --git a/sPuReMD/aclocal.m4 b/sPuReMD/aclocal.m4
index be5a4fa371f64c8220563d0490e1a1a7b11e18e0..f23d4faf7e046b186869ab73a7a8e044765e1d83 100644
--- a/sPuReMD/aclocal.m4
+++ b/sPuReMD/aclocal.m4
@@ -20,94 +20,6 @@ You have another version of autoconf.  It may work, but is not guaranteed to.
 If you have problems, you may need to regenerate the build system entirely.
 To do so, use the procedure documented by the package, typically 'autoreconf'.])])
 
-# ===========================================================================
-#    http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_compiler_vendor.html
-# ===========================================================================
-#
-# SYNOPSIS
-#
-#   AX_COMPILER_VENDOR
-#
-# DESCRIPTION
-#
-#   Determine the vendor of the C/C++ compiler, e.g., gnu, intel, ibm, sun,
-#   hp, borland, comeau, dec, cray, kai, lcc, metrowerks, sgi, microsoft,
-#   watcom, etc. The vendor is returned in the cache variable
-#   $ax_cv_c_compiler_vendor for C and $ax_cv_cxx_compiler_vendor for C++.
-#
-# LICENSE
-#
-#   Copyright (c) 2008 Steven G. Johnson <stevenj@alum.mit.edu>
-#   Copyright (c) 2008 Matteo Frigo
-#
-#   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-#   Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
-#   option) any later version.
-#
-#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-#   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
-#   Public License for more details.
-#
-#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-#   with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-#   As a special exception, the respective Autoconf Macro's copyright owner
-#   gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify the configure
-#   scripts that are the output of Autoconf when processing the Macro. You
-#   need not follow the terms of the GNU General Public License when using
-#   or distributing such scripts, even though portions of the text of the
-#   Macro appear in them. The GNU General Public License (GPL) does govern
-#   all other use of the material that constitutes the Autoconf Macro.
-#
-#   This special exception to the GPL applies to versions of the Autoconf
-#   Macro released by the Autoconf Archive. When you make and distribute a
-#   modified version of the Autoconf Macro, you may extend this special
-#   exception to the GPL to apply to your modified version as well.
-
-#serial 15
-
-AC_DEFUN([AX_COMPILER_VENDOR],
-[AC_CACHE_CHECK([for _AC_LANG compiler vendor], ax_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_compiler_vendor,
-  dnl Please add if possible support to ax_compiler_version.m4
-  [# note: don't check for gcc first since some other compilers define __GNUC__
-  vendors="intel:     __ICC,__ECC,__INTEL_COMPILER
-           ibm:       __xlc__,__xlC__,__IBMC__,__IBMCPP__
-           pathscale: __PATHCC__,__PATHSCALE__
-           clang:     __clang__
-           cray:      _CRAYC
-           fujitsu:   __FUJITSU
-           gnu:       __GNUC__
-           sun:       __SUNPRO_C,__SUNPRO_CC
-           hp:        __HP_cc,__HP_aCC
-           dec:       __DECC,__DECCXX,__DECC_VER,__DECCXX_VER
-           borland:   __BORLANDC__,__CODEGEARC__,__TURBOC__
-           comeau:    __COMO__
-           kai:       __KCC
-           lcc:       __LCC__
-           sgi:       __sgi,sgi
-           microsoft: _MSC_VER
-           metrowerks: __MWERKS__
-           watcom:    __WATCOMC__
-           portland:  __PGI
-	   tcc:       __TINYC__
-           unknown:   UNKNOWN"
-  for ventest in $vendors; do
-    case $ventest in
-      *:) vendor=$ventest; continue ;;
-      *)  vencpp="defined("`echo $ventest | sed 's/,/) || defined(/g'`")" ;;
-    esac
-    AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(,[
-      #if !($vencpp)
-        thisisanerror;
-      #endif
-    ])], [break])
-  done
-  ax_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_compiler_vendor=`echo $vendor | cut -d: -f1`
- ])
-])
-
 # Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
@@ -1238,3 +1150,4 @@ AC_SUBST([am__tar])
 AC_SUBST([am__untar])
 ]) # _AM_PROG_TAR
 
+m4_include([../m4/ax_compiler_vendor.m4])
diff --git a/sPuReMD/configure.ac b/sPuReMD/configure.ac
index f2cd0b82dcf76da2cc1d0e0a1cd20e92f0776f25..2f0f762639136ddbbbbb5ce01b0582cd5d801dc3 100644
--- a/sPuReMD/configure.ac
+++ b/sPuReMD/configure.ac
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if test "x$ax_cv_c_compiler_vendor" = "xgnu"; then
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -O3 -funroll-loops -fstrict-aliasing"
 fi
 if test "x$ax_cv_c_compiler_vendor" = "xintel"; then
-	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fast -Mipa=fast,inline"
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fast"
 fi
 
 # Check for OpenMP support.
@@ -63,7 +63,12 @@ if test "x$BUILD_OPENMP" = "xyes"; then
 	   Building a single-threaded version.
 	  -----------------------------------------------])
 	else
+		# bug due to recent Intel compiler change (?)
+		if test "x$ax_cv_c_compiler_vendor" = "xintel"; then
+			OPENMP_CFLAGS="-qopenmp"
+		fi
 		AC_SUBST(AM_CFLAGS, "$OPENMP_CFLAGS")
+		AC_SUBST(AM_CPPFLAGS, "$OPENMP_CFLAGS")
 	fi
 fi