diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
index 7caefd566..85b6f3a92 100644
--- a/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/man/Makefile.am
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
 endif
 
 CLEANFILES += NetworkManager.conf.xml
+EXTRA_DIST += NetworkManager.conf.xml.in
 NetworkManager.conf.xml: $(srcdir)/NetworkManager.conf.xml.in
 	 $(AM_V_GEN)  sed \
 		-e 's|[@]NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_AUTH_POLKIT_TEXT[@]|$(NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_AUTH_POLKIT_TEXT)|g' \