diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 413b6de..6bd9f4c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ style:
 	find . -name "*.[ch]" -exec astyle --formatted --mode=c --suffix=none \
 	    --indent=spaces=2 --indent-switches --indent-preprocessor \
 	    --keep-one-line-blocks --max-instatement-indent=60 \
-	    --brackets=linux --pad-oper --unpad-paren --pad-header \
+	    --style=linux --pad-oper --unpad-paren --pad-header \
 	    --align-pointer=name {} \;
 
 cppcheck: