diff --git a/doc/doxygen/Makefile.am b/doc/doxygen/Makefile.am
index 780b703f6bb249420854f12a960c5d9c9213df9f..3322b0b94373fe40c0c3141a490c547198fffac8 100644
--- a/doc/doxygen/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/doxygen/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CURDIR=doc/doxygen
 
 # add some more stuff to install and tarball
 DOCFILES = $(PAGES)
-EXTRA_DIST = $(PAGES) mainpage modules images/$(wildcard *.png) extradoc/parameterlist extradoc/parameters.html
+EXTRA_DIST = $(PAGES) mainpage modules images/$(wildcard *.png) extradoc/parameterlist extradoc/parameters.html CMakeLists.txt
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/am/doxygen
 include $(top_srcdir)/am/global-rules