diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 46871cf7bb86eaaec4f661b6aef2bd399a734869..9275c87d8f92773e22e6da08575918a1721c33b6 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 SUBDIRS = bin conf lib resources templates
+
+EXTRA_DIST = LICENSE.txt README.txt