diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 833ef138..0e209176 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS    = -I m4
-SUBDIRS            = plugins src
+SUBDIRS            = docs plugins src
 bin_SCRIPT         = service
 doc_DATA           = README.md LICENSE contrib/finit.conf
 EXTRA_DIST         = README.md LICENSE ChangeLog.md contrib/finit.conf
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e1adfc85..37a8acf6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/finit.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile plugins/Makefile src/Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile docs/Makefile plugins/Makefile src/Makefile])
 
 # Older versions of autoconf (<2.58) do not have AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR()
 #m4_include([m4/plugin.m4])
diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e12d682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+doc_DATA = config.md conditions.md distro.md inetd.md plugins.md	\
+	   service.md signals.md svc-machine.png
+