diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
index 58f1a88be..cd93e33a2 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ endif
 # These are the subdirectories that will be built.
 SUBDIRS = C $(CDL_DIR)
 
-EXTRA_DIST=CMakeLists.txt
+EXTRA_DIST = CMakeLists.txt