diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 548e5639..9375b1ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ SparkleShare/sparkleshare
 po/sparkleshare.pot
 SparkleShare/Nautilus/sparkleshare-nautilus-extension.py
 gnome-doc-utils.make
+sparkleshare-*
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b78adc24..6f2ce205 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ SUBDIRS =	\
 	data \
 	po
 
-EXTRA_DIST = gnome-doc-utils.make
+EXTRA_DIST = gnome-doc-utils.make \
+             LICENSE
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = \
 	intltool-extract        \