diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index acc367d..747b20d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 # General Public License for more details.
 
+EXTRA_DIST = README.md
+
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I $(top_srcdir)/src/common