diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index fed6417b2..4e6eb0032 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 SUBDIRS = $(BULLETTREE) $(ENETTREE) src doc data tools
 
 pkgdatadir=$(datadir)/doc/$(PACKAGE)
-dist_pkgdata_DATA=AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING README autogen.sh m4
+dist_pkgdata_DATA=AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING README
+EXTRA_DIST=autogen.sh m4
+
 # NEWS only contains "see changelog"
 # CHANGES only contains "see NEW"