diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index 62e069e15e86ac97f74cdc75ef76c0a8a272dda3..105fe6894132e31d1809a83bcd3e7d6c039283b9 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ news.html.in: \
 	fi
 EXTRA_DIST += \
 	$(srcdir)/news.xml \
+	$(srcdir)/news.rng \
 	$(srcdir)/news-html.xsl
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES += \
 	$(srcdir)/news.html.in