diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cf0c6c4..1f36262 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_INIT([sunrise-commit], [0.3])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile sunrise-commit sunrise-commit.1])
 AC_OUTPUT