diff --git a/skeletons/Makefile.am b/skeletons/Makefile.am
index 052be947715ec6bcc46acf137f44354a020269fc..85d03411ec5c63facc3482e90a22e22018f5f06e 100644
--- a/skeletons/Makefile.am
+++ b/skeletons/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 SUBDIRS = standard-modules tests
 
 dist_pkgdata_DATA =				\
+		$(srcdir)/README		\
 		$(srcdir)/*.[ch]		\
 		$(srcdir)/file-dependencies