diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 648917dd..d459ce54 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTION = foreign
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-EXTRA_DIST = LICENSE README \
+EXTRA_DIST = LICENSE README.md \
 	bld/qse.bkl bld/readme.txt bld/os2.bkgen bld/win32.bkgen \
 	bld/os2-watcom/makefile bld/win32-watcom/makefile \
 	bld/win32-msvc/makefile bld/win32-borland/makefile
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index d9182931..dfa7d95d 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTION = foreign
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
-EXTRA_DIST = LICENSE README \
+EXTRA_DIST = LICENSE README.md \
 	bld/qse.bkl bld/readme.txt bld/os2.bkgen bld/win32.bkgen \
 	bld/os2-watcom/makefile bld/win32-watcom/makefile \
 	bld/win32-msvc/makefile bld/win32-borland/makefile