diff --git a/libhtp/m4/.keep b/libhtp/m4/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab93fd8072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libhtp/m4/.keep
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+libhtp/m4 dir won't be created on CentOS 5.3 by autogen.sh, so work around that by having it in git
+