diff --git a/doc/ref/ChangeLog b/doc/ref/ChangeLog
index c09bc96d0..85020e993 100644
--- a/doc/ref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-02-20  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+	* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add lib-version.texi to the
+	distribution.
+
 2007-01-31  Ludovic Courtès  <ludovic.courtes@laas.fr>
 
 	* api-data.texi (Conversion): Made cross refs point to `Number
diff --git a/doc/ref/Makefile.am b/doc/ref/Makefile.am
index 7d009ff52..6ab2171af 100644
--- a/doc/ref/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/ref/Makefile.am
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = lib-version.texi
 
-
 info_TEXINFOS = guile.texi
 
 guile_TEXINFOS = preface.texi			\
@@ -94,5 +93,12 @@ lib-version.texi: $(top_srcdir)/GUILE-VERSION
 	sed 's/^LIBGUILE_\([A-Z0-9_]*\)_MAJOR=\([0-9]\+\)/@set LIBGUILE_\1_MAJOR \2/'	\
 	> "$@"
 
-
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = autoconf-macros.texi
+
+# To allow "make distcheck" to succeed, lib-version.texi must either
+# be cleaned or be included in the distribution.  There's no point
+# forcing a distribution build to regenerate lib-version.texi, because
+# it can't possibly be different on the build machine than where the
+# distribution was generated, so we might as well include it in the
+# distribution.
+EXTRA_DIST = lib-version.texi