diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6062418..ee566f5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2022-10-22  Mark Wielaard  <mark@klomp.org>
+
+	* configure.ac: Use AC_PROG_CC with autoconf 2.70, or AC_PROG_CC_C99
+	for earlier versions. Use AC_PROG_LEX([noyywrap]).
+
 2022-09-13  Aleksei Vetrov  <vvvvvv@google.com>
 
 	* NEWS (libdwfl): Add dwfl_report_offline_memory.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 03b67a9..1084b46 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@
 
 AH_TEMPLATE([USE_LOCKS], [Defined if libraries should be thread-safe.])
 
-AC_PROG_CC_C99
+m4_version_prereq([2.70], [AC_PROG_CC], [AC_PROG_CC_C99])
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AC_PROG_YACC
-AM_PROG_LEX
+AC_PROG_LEX([noyywrap])
 # Only available since automake 1.12
 m4_ifdef([AM_PROG_AR], [AM_PROG_AR])
 AC_CHECK_TOOL([READELF], [readelf])