diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 659446b056c43770ee45cf8893564ae23f7c5518..2f2cfcde31747453d8928962aa3a63affe7f22c5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([dumux.pc
     test/material/ncpflash/Makefile
     test/material/pengrobinson/Makefile
     test/material/tabulation/Makefile
+    test/references/Makefile
     tutorial/Makefile
 ])
 
diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index b8f8ea0a80ece976f8fdfc5f5dd515f5f5c3f370..09595a1e92d90f32c220707ed18adc2e542b86b0 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-SUBDIRS = common decoupled freeflow implicit material
+SUBDIRS = common \
+          decoupled \
+          freeflow \
+          implicit \
+          material \
+          references
 
 EXTRA_DIST = CMakeLists.txt
 
diff --git a/test/references/Makefile.am b/test/references/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b280e649ca2837eb05cd37d5e3d6b3eff2afe78b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/references/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+referencesdir = $(includedir)/test/references
+EXTRA_DIST=*.vtu
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/am/global-rules