diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 1738c33..4e664ff 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ SUBDIRS=fontconfig fc-case fc-lang fc-glyphname src \
 	fc-cache fc-cat fc-list fc-match fc-pattern fc-query fc-scan \
 	conf.d $(DOCSRC) test
 
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = dist-bzip2
+
 EXTRA_DIST = \
         fontconfig.pc.in \
         fonts.conf.in \