diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2ea5ba7fc6..aad6d34541 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-Tue Jan  6 12:09:47 CET 2009 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+Tue Jan  6 16:21:24 CET 2009 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	fix "make dist" (from scratch) failure
+	* src/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Don't distribute libvirt_sym.version,
+	now that it's been removed.  Spotted by Daniel Veillard.
 
 	dist: distribute all libvirt_*.syms files, ...
 	* src/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute all libvirt_*.syms files,
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b3020cc502..dd7dea8f34 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ICON_FILES = \
 	libvirt_win_icon_64x64.ico \
 	virsh_win_icon.rc
 
-EXTRA_DIST = libvirt_sym.version $(conf_DATA) $(ICON_FILES)
+EXTRA_DIST = $(conf_DATA) $(ICON_FILES)
 
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libvirt.la