diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ef5292f9..6be365dd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ GTAGS
 
 # Configure artifacts
 /lib/
+/m4/
 ABOUT-NLS
 INSTALL
 Makefile
diff --git a/bootstrap.conf b/bootstrap.conf
index 066c9e1b..87533d13 100644
--- a/bootstrap.conf
+++ b/bootstrap.conf
@@ -57,4 +57,5 @@ fdl
 findprog-in
 getloadavg
 host-cpu-c-abi
-make-glob"
+make-glob
+make-macros"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 270fc5e8..51817b2c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -110,9 +110,6 @@ AS_IF([test "$make_cv_file_timestamp_hi_res" = yes],
   ])
 ])
 
-# Check for DOS-style pathnames.
-pds_AC_DOS_PATHS
-
 # See if we have a standard version of gettimeofday().  Since actual
 # implementations can differ, just make sure we have the most common
 # one.
diff --git a/m4/acinclude.m4 b/gl/m4/acinclude.m4
similarity index 100%
rename from m4/acinclude.m4
rename to gl/m4/acinclude.m4
diff --git a/m4/dospaths.m4 b/gl/m4/dospaths.m4
similarity index 100%
rename from m4/dospaths.m4
rename to gl/m4/dospaths.m4
diff --git a/gl/modules/make-macros b/gl/modules/make-macros
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9ac32e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gl/modules/make-macros
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Description:
+Install m4 macros for GNU make.
+
+Files:
+m4/acinclude.m4
+m4/dospaths.m4
+
+configure.ac:
+# Check for DOS-style pathnames.
+pds_AC_DOS_PATHS
+
+License:
+GPLv3+
+
+Maintainer:
+gnumake
diff --git a/m4/.gitignore b/m4/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 244385ac..00000000
--- a/m4/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-*
-!/.gitignore
-!/aclocal.m4
-!/dospaths.m4
-