diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cbb8a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Arjen Van De Ven <arjanvandeven@gmail.com>
+Neil Horman <nhorman@gmail.com>
+
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5e9428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This is all tracked in the SVN repo.  This file is just here to keep the
+autotools from complaining
+
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cc0277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+No news currently
diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/activate.c b/activate.c
index d66cf27..68c142c 100644
--- a/activate.c
+++ b/activate.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  * This file contains the code to communicate a selected distribution / mapping
  * of interrupts to the kernel.
  */
+#include "config.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/bitmap.c b/bitmap.c
index 0c57759..1db7fa7 100644
--- a/bitmap.c
+++ b/bitmap.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This file is taken from the Linux kernel and minimally adapted for use in usersp
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License,
  * Version 2.  See the file COPYING for more details.
  */
-
+#include "config.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/classify.c b/classify.c
index 0f60b97..8609c27 100644
--- a/classify.c
+++ b/classify.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "config.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/cputree.c b/cputree.c
index 670b1ba..280bbbf 100644
--- a/cputree.c
+++ b/cputree.c
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
  * cache domains and processor cores.
  */
 
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
-
+#include "config.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/irqbalance.c b/irqbalance.c
index c37d9d4..85866fc 100644
--- a/irqbalance.c
+++ b/irqbalance.c
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@
  * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, 
  * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
+#include "config.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
-
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_NG
+#include <cap-ng.h>
+#endif
 #include "irqbalance.h"
 
 int one_shot_mode;
@@ -82,6 +85,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 		if (daemon(0,0))
 			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_NG
+	// Drop capabilities
+	capng_clear(CAPNG_SELECT_BOTH);
+	capng_lock();
+	capng_apply(CAPNG_SELECT_BOTH);
+#endif
+
 	parse_proc_interrupts();
 	sleep(SLEEP_INTERVAL/4);
 	reset_counts();
diff --git a/irqlist.c b/irqlist.c
index 7b31d60..83d7aca 100644
--- a/irqlist.c
+++ b/irqlist.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 /*
  * This file has the basic functions to manipulate interrupt metadata
  */
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include "config.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/network.c b/network.c
index c2bf543..6c9ff51 100644
--- a/network.c
+++ b/network.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * even though the amount of work is high; this file is there to compensate for this
  * by adding actual package counts to the calculated amount of work of interrupts
  */
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include "config.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c
index 1efb5b3..453a9bc 100644
--- a/numa.c
+++ b/numa.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * In addition the PCI class information is used to refine the classification
  * of interrupt sources 
  */
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include "config.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/placement.c b/placement.c
index d2d30d9..0321226 100644
--- a/placement.c
+++ b/placement.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, 
  * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
+#include "config.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/powermode.c b/powermode.c
index 24a31cc..792003a 100644
--- a/powermode.c
+++ b/powermode.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, 
  * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include "config.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/procinterrupts.c b/procinterrupts.c
index d91b836..e336efe 100644
--- a/procinterrupts.c
+++ b/procinterrupts.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, 
  * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include "config.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>