diff --git a/lib/py/Makefile.am b/lib/py/Makefile.am
index e33bf13..a504b5c 100755
--- a/lib/py/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/py/Makefile.am
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #
 .NOTPARALLEL:
 DESTDIR ?= /
-EXTRA_DIST = setup.py setup.cfg src compat
 
 all-local:
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py build
@@ -34,3 +33,10 @@
 	$(RM) -r build
 
 check-local: all
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	compat \
+	setup.py \
+	setup.cfg \
+	src \
+	README.md