diff --git a/gst/cothreads/Makefile.am b/gst/cothreads/Makefile.am
index c57c72cb65..b508b83aa5 100644
--- a/gst/cothreads/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst/cothreads/Makefile.am
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libpth-mctx.la
 libpth_mctx_la_SOURCES = pth_mctx.c pth_p.h pth_vers.c pth.h pth_acdef.h pth_acmac.h
 
 noinst_PROGRAMS = test-pth test-pth-pthreads test-pthreads test-pth-pthreads2
+noinst_HEADERS = linuxthreads-internals.h
 
 test_pth_LDADD = libpth-mctx.la
 test_pth_pthreads_LDADD = libpth-mctx.la -lpthread
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ test_pth_pthreads2_LDADD = -lpthread libpth-mctx.la
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = pth_p.h
 
+EXTRA_DIST = ltmain.sh mkinstalldirs config.guess config.sub install-sh missing
+
 HSRCS = $(srcdir)/pth_debug.c $(srcdir)/pth_errno.c $(srcdir)/pth_mctx.c
 
 pth_p.h: $(srcdir)/pth_p.h.in $(HSRCS)
diff --git a/gst/cothreads/autogen.sh b/gst/cothreads/autogen.sh
index d068813729..c40a42c514 100755
--- a/gst/cothreads/autogen.sh
+++ b/gst/cothreads/autogen.sh
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ automake -a -c || {
 
 CONFIGURE_OPT='--enable-maintainer-mode'
 
+# work around some wierd sort of autotools buglet
+for i in config.sub config.guess missing ltmain.sh; do
+  ln -s ../../$i $i
+done
+
 test -n "$NOCONFIGURE" && {
     echo "skipping configure stage for package $package, as requested."
     echo "autogen.sh done."