diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 74dd8fa4f3..4e33c5622c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ AUTHORS
 NEWS
 TODO
 gst-python*.tar.*
+pygst.py
diff --git a/codegen/Makefile.am b/codegen/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45d232fd24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codegen/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	argtypes.py \
+	code-coverage.py \
+	codegen.py \
+	definitions.py \
+	defsconvert.py \
+	defsparser.py \
+	docextract.py \
+	docextract_to_xml.py \
+	docgen.py \
+	h2def.py \
+	__init__.py \
+	mergedefs.py \
+	missingdefs.py \
+	mkskel.py \
+	override.py \
+	reversewrapper.py \
+	scmexpr.py