diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index bd75aaa1..dfd0f5df 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = README.md HACKING tap-driver.sh
 docdir = $(datadir)/doc/$(PACKAGE)
 doc_DATA = README.md AUTHORS COPYING NEWS ChangeLog
 
+dist_pkgdata_DATA = report-db.xml
+
 static:
 	$(MAKE) all LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -all-static"
diff --git a/conf/icecast.xml.in b/conf/icecast.xml.in
index 67828d18..54f7ba90 100644
--- a/conf/icecast.xml.in
+++ b/conf/icecast.xml.in
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@
         <logdir>@localstatedir@/log/@PACKAGE@</logdir>
         <webroot>@pkgdatadir@/web</webroot>
         <adminroot>@pkgdatadir@/admin</adminroot>
+	<reportxmldb>@pkgdatadir@/report-db.xml</reportxmldb>
         <!-- <pidfile>@pkgdatadir@/icecast.pid</pidfile> -->
 
         <!-- Aliases: treat requests for 'source' path as being for 'dest' path
diff --git a/report-db.xml b/report-db.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa6f9fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/report-db.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<report version="0.0.1" xmlns="http://icecast.org/specs/reportxml-0.0.1">
+</report>