diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 54dc31c09..a48c323cf 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 
 EXTRA_DIST = CHANGES COPYING maketgz reconf Makefile.dist	\
-  curl-config.in build_vms.com curl-style.el sample.emacs testcurl.sh
+  curl-config.in build_vms.com curl-style.el sample.emacs testcurl.sh \
+  RELEASE-NOTES
 
 bin_SCRIPTS = curl-config