diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7dfcde0..b9b40de 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
     po4a/Makefile
     src/pam_panic/Makefile
     src/pam_panic/man/Makefile
+    src/pam_panic/data/Makefile
     src/pam_panic_pw/Makefile
     src/pam_panic_pw/man/Makefile
     src/pam_panic_config/Makefile
diff --git a/src/pam_panic/Makefile.am b/src/pam_panic/Makefile.am
index 32ff1d2..3873cfd 100644
--- a/src/pam_panic/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/pam_panic/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUBDIRS = man
+SUBDIRS = man data
 
 securelibdir = $(SECUREDIR)
 securelibexecdir = $(securelibdir)
diff --git a/src/pam_panic/data/Makefile.am b/src/pam_panic/data/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd5befb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pam_panic/data/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+authdir = $$(dirname $(PPASSFILE))
+auth_DATA = auth
diff --git a/src/pam_panic/data/auth b/src/pam_panic/data/auth
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29