diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4d9c4e7a7..760b46b97 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -5578,6 +5578,13 @@ plugin_LTLIBRARIES += $(core_plugins)
 TESTS += $(check_programs)
 
 EXTRA_DIST += \
+	\
+	AUTHORS \
+	COPYING \
+	ChangeLog \
+	NEWS \
+	README.md \
+	\
 	CONTRIBUTING.md \
 	COPYING.LGPL \
 	COPYING.GFDL \
diff --git a/README b/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README
rename to README.md
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3874a5d5b..42441a652 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE([tap-driver.sh])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(1.12 tar-ustar no-dist-gzip dist-xz -Wno-portability)  dnl NB: Do not [quote] this parameter.
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(1.12 foreign tar-ustar no-dist-gzip dist-xz -Wno-portability)  dnl NB: Do not [quote] this parameter.
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 
diff --git a/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec b/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
index 2aac3396b..50d5d31ae 100644
--- a/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
+++ b/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ fi
 %{_unitdir}/nm-priv-helper.service
 %dir %{_datadir}/doc/NetworkManager/examples
 %{_datadir}/doc/NetworkManager/examples/server.conf
-%doc NEWS AUTHORS README CONTRIBUTING.md
+%doc NEWS AUTHORS README.md CONTRIBUTING.md
 %license COPYING
 %license COPYING.LGPL
 %license COPYING.GFDL