diff --git a/m4/Makefile.am b/m4/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6f4a54cab57ac11f4d3f0bd3536421d49e6d2301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+ALLM4S = elasticity.m4
+
+aclocaldir = $(datadir)/aclocal
+aclocal_DATA = $(ALLM4S)
+
+EXTRA_DIST = $(ALLM4S)
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/am/global-rules
diff --git a/m4/rods.m4 b/m4/rods.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b129f3024f671cc05756e7aa4d385d3f567c0c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/rods.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+AC_DEFUN([RODS_CHECKS],[
+#  AC_REQUIRE([DUNE_IPOPT])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([RODS_CHECK_MODULE],[
+  DUNE_CHECK_MODULES([rods], [dune/src/rotation.hh])
+])