diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index e36c54e..1bb1187 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -35,19 +35,6 @@ xmlcopyeditor_LDADD = $(WX_LIBS) \
 	-lexpat -lxslt -lxml2 -lpcre -lxerces-c $(ASPELL_LIBS) $(ENCHANT_LIBS) $(GTK_LIBS)
 
 nobase_dist_xmlcopyeditor_DATA = $(srcdir)/catalog/catalog \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/*.txt \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/Apache/LICENSE-2.0 \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/Apache/LICENSE-2_files/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/Aspell/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/boost_shared_ptr/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/Expat/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/libxml2/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/libxslt/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/PCRE/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/Scintilla/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/wxStEditor/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/wxStyledTextCtrl/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/xmlcopyeditor/* \
 	$(srcdir)/dtd/*.* \
 	$(srcdir)/dtd/dita/*.* \
 	$(srcdir)/dtd/docbook/4.4/*.* \
@@ -78,5 +65,7 @@ nobase_dist_xmlcopyeditor_DATA = $(srcdir)/catalog/catalog \
 
 pixmap_DATA = xmlcopyeditor.png
 
+EXTRA_DIST = $(srcdir)/copying
+
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I/usr/include/libxml2 $(ENCHANT_CFLAGS) $(GTK_CFLAGS)
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index 0f107ff..4970e3b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -309,19 +309,6 @@ xmlcopyeditor_LDADD = $(WX_LIBS) \
 	-lexpat -lxslt -lxml2 -lpcre -lxerces-c $(ASPELL_LIBS) $(ENCHANT_LIBS) $(GTK_LIBS)
 
 nobase_dist_xmlcopyeditor_DATA = $(srcdir)/catalog/catalog \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/*.txt \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/Apache/LICENSE-2.0 \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/Apache/LICENSE-2_files/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/Aspell/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/boost_shared_ptr/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/Expat/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/libxml2/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/libxslt/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/PCRE/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/Scintilla/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/wxStEditor/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/wxStyledTextCtrl/* \
-	$(srcdir)/copying/xmlcopyeditor/* \
 	$(srcdir)/dtd/*.* \
 	$(srcdir)/dtd/dita/*.* \
 	$(srcdir)/dtd/docbook/4.4/*.* \
@@ -351,6 +338,7 @@ nobase_dist_xmlcopyeditor_DATA = $(srcdir)/catalog/catalog \
 	$(srcdir)/xsl/openlearn2daisyhtml/*.*
 
 pixmap_DATA = xmlcopyeditor.png
+EXTRA_DIST = $(srcdir)/copying
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I/usr/include/libxml2 $(ENCHANT_CFLAGS) $(GTK_CFLAGS)
 all: all-am