diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e0205abdf282a42844acc7aa1565a52e60a0f964..8bbcdfbf3ffdc5767bb565be99e7f54c9c8f4c8a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign subdir-objects
 
+EXTRA_DIST = COPYING.md COPYING.GPLv3.md NEWS.md README.md
+
 lib_LIBRARIES = libwmp.a
 
 libwmp_a_SOURCES = \