AM_CPPFLAGS = -DUNIX -DKPATHSEA -DSUPPORT_8BIT -funsigned-char AM_CFLAGS = I made this change and ran autoreconf. Vladimir, if that doesn't suffice to get the bibtex8 build working for you, let me know. I'd rather not introduce new autoconf tests for -funsigned-char if we don't have to.