diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 922ef7c2..28c884a1 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-SUBDIRS = gdbus include src plugins
+SUBDIRS = gdbus include src plugins doc
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in \
 	aclocal.m4 configure config.h.in config.sub config.guess \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ca26016a..f3a5a5fb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ AC_SUBST([GDBUS_CFLAGS], ['$(DBUS_CFLAGS) -I$(top_srcdir)/gdbus'])
 AC_SUBST([GDBUS_LIBS], ['$(top_builddir)/gdbus/libgdbus.la $(DBUS_LIBS)'])
 
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile gdbus/Makefile include/Makefile include/version.h
-					src/Makefile plugins/Makefile)
+				src/Makefile plugins/Makefile doc/Makefile)
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02742923
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in