diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6060eb06dc..6cdc07a4ab 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Wed Dec 10 20:18:36 +0100 2008 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	avoid a new "make distcheck" failure
+	Distribute the new file, libvirtd.logrotate.in, and make
+	distclean remove the build product, libvirtd.logrotate.
+	* qemud/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add libvirtd.logrotate.in.
+	(DISTCLEANFILES): Initialize, and append libvirtd.logrotate.in.
+
 Wed Dec 10 17:33:49 +0100 2008 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
 
 	avoid format string warnings
diff --git a/qemud/Makefile.am b/qemud/Makefile.am
index df1e100a8c..8cb0847fef 100644
--- a/qemud/Makefile.am
+++ b/qemud/Makefile.am
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ DAEMON_SOURCES =					\
 AVAHI_SOURCES =						\
 		mdns.c mdns.h
 
+DISTCLEANFILES =
 EXTRA_DIST =						\
 	default-network.xml				\
 	remote_generate_stubs.pl rpcgen_fix.pl		\
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST =						\
 	libvirtd.sysconf				\
 	libvirtd.aug                                    \
 	libvirtd_qemu.aug                               \
+	libvirtd.logrotate.in                           \
 	test_libvirtd.aug                               \
 	test_libvirtd_qemu.aug                          \
 	$(AVAHI_SOURCES)				\
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ remote_dispatch_args.h: $(srcdir)/remote_generate_stubs.pl remote_protocol.x
 remote_dispatch_ret.h: $(srcdir)/remote_generate_stubs.pl remote_protocol.x
 	perl -w $(srcdir)/remote_generate_stubs.pl -r $(srcdir)/remote_protocol.x > $@
 
-
+DISTCLEANFILES += libvirtd.logrotate
 libvirtd.logrotate: libvirtd.logrotate.in
 	sed						\
 	    -e s!\@localstatedir\@!@localstatedir@!g	\