diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4e24ecf957..66cb67733d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 LCOV = lcov
 GENHTML = genhtml
 
-SUBDIRS = gnulib/lib include src daemon tools docs gnulib/tests \
+SUBDIRS = . gnulib/lib include src daemon tools docs gnulib/tests \
   python tests po examples/domain-events/events-c examples/hellolibvirt \
   examples/dominfo examples/domsuspend examples/python examples/apparmor \
   examples/xml/nwfilter examples/openauth examples/systemtap