diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9de3bbed..e517a0f1 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 	doc \
 	examples \
 	po \
-	tests
+	tests \
+	tools
 
 # Create the ChangeLog, but only if we're inside a git working directory
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b83f166f..abc1d163 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ examples/manual/Makefile
 lib/Makefile
 po/Makefile.in
 src/Makefile
+tools/Makefile
 tests/Makefile
 tests/TEMPLATE/Makefile
 tests/test-array-nr/Makefile
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46743a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	git2cl