diff --git a/libtextstyle/Makefile.am b/libtextstyle/Makefile.am
index fc90e550a..0f4576cf1 100644
--- a/libtextstyle/Makefile.am
+++ b/libtextstyle/Makefile.am
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.13 gnu no-dependencies
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I gnulib-m4
 
 # The list of subdirectories containing Makefiles.
-SUBDIRS = doc lib tests adhoc-tests
+SUBDIRS = lib tests adhoc-tests doc
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
   version.sh \