diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8054c73..5b771b5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ doc_DATA = \
 	   COPYING \
 	   INSTALL \
 	   NEWS \
-	   README
+	   README.md
 docdir = ${datadir}/doc/${PACKAGE}
 
 #install-data-local: $(HTML_INSTALL_DATA_TARGETS)