diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 546cdb77e9..2e792a59c2 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-SUBDIRS=gst-libs gst sys ext
+SUBDIRS=gst-libs gst sys ext examples
 
-DIST_SUBDIRS=gst-libs gst sys ext
+DIST_SUBDIRS=gst-libs gst sys ext examples
 
 EXTRA_DIST=gst-plugins.spec depcomp AUTHORS COPYING README ChangeLog
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8263f5456d..12413bc332 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -958,6 +958,7 @@ AC_OUTPUT(
 Makefile
 gstreamer-libs.pc
 gstreamer-libs-uninstalled.pc
+gst-plugins.spec
 gst/Makefile
 gst/ac3parse/Makefile
 gst/adder/Makefile
@@ -1006,7 +1007,6 @@ sys/v4l/Makefile
 sys/vcd/Makefile
 sys/vga/Makefile
 sys/xvideo/Makefile
-examples/capsfilter/Makefile
 ext/Makefile
 ext/a52dec/Makefile
 ext/aalib/Makefile
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ gst-libs/gst/audio/Makefile
 gst-libs/gst/idct/Makefile
 gst-libs/gst/resample/Makefile
 gst-libs/gst/riff/Makefile
-gst-plugins.spec
+examples/capsfilter/Makefile
 )
 
 echo -e "configure: *** Plugins that will be built : $GST_PLUGINS_YES"