diff --git a/src/Makefile_Elua.am b/src/Makefile_Elua.am
index 3daa262883..7e313158e2 100644
--- a/src/Makefile_Elua.am
+++ b/src/Makefile_Elua.am
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ bin_elua_elua_DEPENDENCIES = @ELUA_INTERNAL_LIBS@
 ### Helper for other modules using Elua
 include Makefile_Elua_Helper.am
 
+eluaappsdir = $(datadir)/elua/apps
+
+eluaapps_DATA = \
+    bin/elua/apps/*.lua
+
+EXTRA_DIST += $(eluaapps_DATA)
+
 eluamodulesdir = $(datadir)/elua/modules
 
 eluamodules_DATA = \