--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ if KERNEL_2_6
 drv_ifxos_OBJS = "$(subst .c,.o,$(filter %.c,$(drv_ifxos_SOURCES)))"
 
 drv_ifxos.ko: $(drv_ifxos_SOURCES)
-	@echo -e "drv_ifxos: Making Linux 2.6.x kernel object"
+	@echo "drv_ifxos: Making Linux 2.6.x kernel object"
 	if test ! -e common/ifxos_debug.c ; then \
 		echo "copy source files (as links only!)"; \
 		for f in $(filter %.c,$(drv_ifxos_SOURCES)); do \
@@ -647,10 +647,10 @@ drv_ifxos.ko: $(drv_ifxos_SOURCES)
 			cp -s $(addprefix @abs_srcdir@/,$$f) $(PWD)/`dirname $$f`/ ; \
 		done \
 	fi
-	@echo -e "# drv_ifxos: Generated to build Linux 2.6.x kernel object" > $(PWD)/Kbuild
-	@echo -e "obj-m := $(subst .ko,.o,$@)"			>> $(PWD)/Kbuild
-	@echo -e "$(subst .ko,,$@)-y := $(drv_ifxos_OBJS)"	>> $(PWD)/Kbuild
-	@echo -e "EXTRA_CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -DHAVE_CONFIG_H $(drv_ifxos_CFLAGS) $(DSL_DRIVER_INCL_PATH) -I@abs_srcdir@/include -I$(PWD)/include"	>> $(PWD)/Kbuild
+	@echo "# drv_ifxos: Generated to build Linux 2.6.x kernel object" > $(PWD)/Kbuild
+	@echo "obj-m := $(subst .ko,.o,$@)"			>> $(PWD)/Kbuild
+	@echo "$(subst .ko,,$@)-y := $(drv_ifxos_OBJS)"	>> $(PWD)/Kbuild
+	@echo "EXTRA_CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -DHAVE_CONFIG_H $(drv_ifxos_CFLAGS) $(DSL_DRIVER_INCL_PATH) -I@abs_srcdir@/include -I$(PWD)/include"	>> $(PWD)/Kbuild
 	$(MAKE) ARCH=@KERNEL_ARCH@ -C @KERNEL_BUILD_PATH@ O=@KERNEL_BUILD_PATH@ M=$(PWD) modules
 
 clean-generic:
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ dnl Set kernel build path
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(kernelbuild,
 	AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-kernelbuild=x,Set the target kernel build path (only for kernel 2.6.x)),
 	[
-		if test -e $enableval/include/linux/autoconf.h; then
+		if test -e $enableval/include/linux/autoconf.h -o -e $enableval/include/generated/autoconf.h; then
 			AC_SUBST([KERNEL_BUILD_PATH],[$enableval])
 		else
 			AC_MSG_ERROR([The kernel build directory is not valid or not configured!])