diff --git a/lib/perl/Makefile.am b/lib/perl/Makefile.am
index d942002..a83966e 100644
--- a/lib/perl/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/perl/Makefile.am
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 	fi
 	rm -f Makefile-perl.mk.old
 
-EXTRA_DIST = MANIFEST \
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	LICENSE \
 	Makefile.PL \
 	test.pl \
 	lib/Thrift.pm \