diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 27f799709..3a97683e8 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in.
 ##
-##  	Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+##  	Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007,
+##        2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ##
 ##   This file is part of GUILE.
 ##
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ SUBDIRS =					\
 	emacs					\
 	test-suite				\
 	benchmark-suite				\
+	gc-benchmarks				\
 	am					\
 	doc
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 992906401..ba6ff4900 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1618,6 +1618,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
   am/Makefile
   lib/Makefile
   benchmark-suite/Makefile
+  gc-benchmarks/Makefile
   doc/Makefile
   doc/r5rs/Makefile
   doc/ref/Makefile
diff --git a/gc-benchmarks/Makefile.am b/gc-benchmarks/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fdbcdcea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gc-benchmarks/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in.
+##
+##  	Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+##
+##   This file is part of GUILE.
+##
+##   GUILE is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+##   under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+##   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or
+##   (at your option) any later version.
+##
+##   GUILE is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+##   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+##   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+##   GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+##
+##   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+##   License along with GUILE; see the file COPYING.LESSER.  If not,
+##   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
+##   Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+EXTRA_DIST =					\
+  gc-profile.scm				\
+  gcbench.scm					\
+  guile-test.scm				\
+  loop.scm					\
+  run-benchmark.scm				\
+  string.scm					\
+  $(benchmarks)
+
+# GPLv2+ Larceny GC benchmarks by Lars Hansen et al. from
+# <http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/will/GC/sourcecode.html>.
+benchmarks =					\
+  larceny/GPL					\
+  larceny/README				\
+  larceny/dumb.sch				\
+  larceny/dummy.sch				\
+  larceny/dynamic-input-large.sch		\
+  larceny/dynamic-input-small.sch		\
+  larceny/dynamic.sch				\
+  larceny/earley.sch				\
+  larceny/gcbench.sch				\
+  larceny/gcold.scm				\
+  larceny/graphs.sch				\
+  larceny/lattice.sch				\
+  larceny/nboyer.sch				\
+  larceny/nucleic2.sch				\
+  larceny/perm.sch				\
+  larceny/run-benchmark.chez			\
+  larceny/sboyer.sch				\
+  larceny/softscheme.sch			\
+  larceny/twobit-input-long.sch			\
+  larceny/twobit-input-short.sch		\
+  larceny/twobit-smaller.sch			\
+  larceny/twobit.sch