diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ad33ba3793..c160d05c58 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-05-06  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* configure.in (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): pass dist-bzip2 to automake.
+
 2007-05-06  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* libgimpbase/Makefile.am (DISTCLEANFILES): clean gimpversion.h.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 32d9ba1352..5f6082b6a9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ AC_INIT([GIMP], [gimp_version],
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([app/core/gimp.c])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(no-define)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(no-define dist-bzip2)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 GIMP_MAJOR_VERSION=gimp_major_version