diff --git a/vc2005/Makefile.am b/vc2005/Makefile.am
index d130f0cb3..7f616ef19 100644
--- a/vc2005/Makefile.am
+++ b/vc2005/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS=	foreign
-EXTRA_DIST =
+EXTRA_DIST = \
 	Makefile.am QuakeForge-VS8-Express.sln QuakeForge-VS8.sln \
 	bsp2img/bsp2img.vcproj builtins/builtins.vcproj clean.ps1 \
 	common/common.vcproj console/console.vcproj \
diff --git a/vc2008/Makefile.am b/vc2008/Makefile.am
index 0101f105a..04c53f194 100644
--- a/vc2008/Makefile.am
+++ b/vc2008/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS=	foreign
-EXTRA_DIST =
+EXTRA_DIST = \
 	Makefile.am QuakeForge.sln bsp2img/bsp2img.vcproj \
 	builtins/builtins.vcproj clean.ps1 common/common.vcproj \
 	console/console.vcproj console_client/console_client.vcproj \