diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
index d6269632a5..6b0b41e572 100644
--- a/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/Makefile.am
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ virincdir = $(includedir)/libvirt
 
 allheaders = $(wildcard $(srcdir)/libvirt/*.h)
 virinc_HEADERS = $(filter-out $(srcdir)/libvirt/libvirt-admin.h, $(allheaders))
+virinc_HEADERS += libvirt/libvirt-common.h
 
 EXTRA_DIST = libvirt/libvirt-common.h.in