diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/tag/Makefile.am b/gst-libs/gst/tag/Makefile.am
index cef03c8076..15888ed6dd 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/tag/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/tag/Makefile.am
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ libgsttaginclude_HEADERS = \
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgsttag-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.la
 
-libgsttag_@GST_MAJORMINOR@_la_SOURCES = gstvorbistag.c gstid3tag.c lang.c tags.c gsttagdemux.c lang-tables.c
+libgsttag_@GST_MAJORMINOR@_la_SOURCES = gstvorbistag.c gstid3tag.c lang.c tags.c gsttagdemux.c
 libgsttag_@GST_MAJORMINOR@_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_CFLAGS)
 libgsttag_@GST_MAJORMINOR@_la_LIBADD = $(GST_BASE_LIBS) $(GST_LIBS) 
 libgsttag_@GST_MAJORMINOR@_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_LIB_LDFLAGS) $(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS) $(GST_LT_LDFLAGS)
 
+# lang-tables.dat contains generated static data and is included by lang.c
+EXTRA_DIST = lang-tables.dat
+
 noinst_HEADERS = gsttageditingprivate.h
 
 if HAVE_INTROSPECTION
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/tag/lang-tables.c b/gst-libs/gst/tag/lang-tables.dat
similarity index 100%
rename from gst-libs/gst/tag/lang-tables.c
rename to gst-libs/gst/tag/lang-tables.dat
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/tag/lang.c b/gst-libs/gst/tag/lang.c
index 2a8cb6fd27..dc212eff94 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/tag/lang.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/tag/lang.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-#include "lang-tables.c"
+#include "lang-tables.dat"
 
 /* FIXME: remove once we depend on GLib >= 2.22 */
 #if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 22, 0)