diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b2fba59b..175782df 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
+dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
 dnl Rocky Bernstein <rocky@gnu.org>
 dnl
 dnl This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
+# Enable silent build rules by default (Automake v1.11 or later).
+# Disable by either passing --disable-silent-rules to configure or passing V=1 to make
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])],
+         [AC_SUBST([AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY], [1])])
+
 LIBCDIO_VERSION_NUM=`echo RELEASE_NUM | cut -d . -f 1 | tr -d a-z`
 AC_SUBST(LIBCDIO_VERSION_NUM)
 
diff --git a/example/sample3.c b/example/sample3.c
index 43648d6c..aff0b57c 100644
--- a/example/sample3.c
+++ b/example/sample3.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@gnu.org>
+  Copyright (C) 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@gnu.org>
   
   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
diff --git a/example/sample4.c b/example/sample4.c
index 1962ad13..21826c5d 100644
--- a/example/sample4.c
+++ b/example/sample4.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@gnu.org>
+  Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@gnu.org>
   
   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