diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index bdbc0435..1599d57d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I config
 
 SUBDIRS = doc
 
-DIST_SUBDIRS = builds/msvc doc
+DIST_SUBDIRS = doc builds builds/msvc
 
 pkgconfig_DATA = src/libzmq.pc
 
diff --git a/builds/Makefile.am b/builds/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42f01f33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builds/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#  Specify all build files that have to go into source packages.
+#  msvc directory does its own stuff.
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	zos/makelibzmq \
+	zos/cxxall \
+	zos/README.md \
+	zos/makeclean \
+	zos/platform.hpp \
+	zos/zc++ \
+	zos/test_fork.cpp \
+	zos/maketests \
+	zos/runtests \
+	mingw32/Makefile.mingw32 \
+	mingw32/platform.hpp \
+	cmake/Modules \
+	cmake/Modules/FindAsciiDoc.cmake \
+	cmake/Modules/TestZMQVersion.cmake \
+	cmake/Modules/ZMQSourceRunChecks.cmake \
+	cmake/NSIS.template32.in \
+	cmake/platform.hpp.in \
+	cmake/NSIS.template64.in \
+	valgrind/valgrind.supp \
+	valgrind/vg \
+	nuget/readme.nuget \
+	nuget/libzmq.autopkg
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 42cf00b4..af8293cd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([ \
     Makefile \
     src/libzmq.pc \
     doc/Makefile \
+    builds/Makefile \
     builds/msvc/Makefile \
     builds/redhat/zeromq.spec])