diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
index 6006222992e..ff35170dcf3 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST =		$(EXTRA_SCRIPTS) \
 			mysqlaccess.conf \
 			mysqlbug
 
-pkgdata_DATA =		fill_help_tables.sql mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql
+dist_pkgdata_DATA =		fill_help_tables.sql mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql
 
 # mysqlbug should be distributed built so that people can report build
 # failures with it.