diff --git a/cde/configure.ac b/cde/configure.ac
index 8a10843bf..d7861a07a 100644
--- a/cde/configure.ac
+++ b/cde/configure.ac
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ lib/tt/lib/api/c/Makefile
 lib/tt/lib/tttk/Makefile
 lib/tt/lib/db/Makefile
 lib/tt/lib/mp/Makefile
+lib/tt/lib/util/Makefile
 lib/tt/bin/Makefile
 lib/tt/bin/shell/Makefile
 lib/tt/bin/ttauth/Makefile
diff --git a/cde/lib/tt/lib/util/Makefile.am b/cde/lib/tt/lib/util/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..523f955f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cde/lib/tt/lib/util/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
+
+include ../../tooltalk.inc
+
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libutil.la
+
+libutil_la_CXXFLAGS = $(TIRPCINC) $(TT_VERSION_DEFINE) -I../../lib 
+
+libutil_la_SOURCES = copyright.C	    tt_map_entry_utils.C \
+	tt_Xlib.C			    tt_new.C \
+	tt_audit.C			    tt_new_ptr.C \
+	tt_base64.C			    tt_object.C \
+	tt_enumname.C			    tt_object_list.C \
+	tt_file_system.C		    tt_object_table.C \
+	tt_file_system_entry_utils.C	    tt_path.C \
+	tt_gettext.C			    tt_port.C \
+	tt_global_env.C 		    tt_string.C \
+	tt_host.C			    tt_string_map.C \
+	tt_host_equiv.C 		    tt_string_map_utils.C \
+	tt_host_equiv_utils.C		    tt_string_match.C \
+	tt_host_utils.C 		    tt_threadspecific.C \
+	tt_int_rec.C			    tt_trace.C \
+	tt_iostream.C			    tt_trace_parser.C \
+	tt_ldpath.C			    tt_trace_stream.C \
+	tt_log.C			    tt_tracefile_parse.C \
+	tt_map_entry.C			    tt_xdr_utils.C \
+	tt_entry_pt.C
+