diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2a744ac..c599adc 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in aclocal.m4 config.guess \
 		config.h.in config.sub configure install-sh \
 		depcomp libtool missing
 
+filesdir = $(datadir)/$(PACKAGE)/docs
+files_DATA = README
+
 EXTRA_DIST = README AUTHORS COPYING autogen.sh
 
 SUBDIRS = src data