diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 39997155b3..d84a1ffe92 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ examples/Makefile
 examples/autoplug/Makefile
 examples/helloworld/Makefile
 examples/helloworld2/Makefile
+examples/launch/Makefile
 examples/queue/Makefile
 examples/queue2/Makefile
 examples/queue3/Makefile
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
index 55e67af3e2..a4716ec4d0 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 SUBDIRS = autoplug \
           helloworld helloworld2 \
           queue queue2 queue3 queue4 \
-          thread xml 
-
-DIST_SUBDIRS = launch $(SUBDIRS)
+          launch thread xml 
diff --git a/tests/old/examples/Makefile.am b/tests/old/examples/Makefile.am
index 55e67af3e2..a4716ec4d0 100644
--- a/tests/old/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/old/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 SUBDIRS = autoplug \
           helloworld helloworld2 \
           queue queue2 queue3 queue4 \
-          thread xml 
-
-DIST_SUBDIRS = launch $(SUBDIRS)
+          launch thread xml