diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 518369b3c..4410c02ee 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DIST_SUBDIRS = pixman src boilerplate test perf doc
+DIST_SUBDIRS = pixman src boilerplate test perf doc util
 SUBDIRS = pixman src doc
 # libpng is required for our test programs
 if CAIRO_HAS_PNG_FUNCTIONS
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 02c5ada33..b2aa53fcf 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ src/Makefile
 test/Makefile
 test/pdiff/Makefile
 perf/Makefile
+util/Makefile
 doc/Makefile
 doc/public/Makefile
 doc/public/version.xml
diff --git a/util/Makefile.am b/util/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d1756b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	xr2cairo \
+	cairo-api-update