diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7052905..2b6c46a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -20,3 +20,10 @@
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 SUBDIRS = src man
+
+if BUILD_LINUXDOC
+README: README.sgml
+	$(MAKE_TEXT) README.sgml && mv README.txt README
+endif
+
+EXTRA_DIST = README.sgml
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 98ccacd..0d6a987 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -83,4 +83,6 @@ AC_HEADER_STDC
 
 XORG_RELEASE_VERSION
 
+XORG_CHECK_LINUXDOC
+
 AC_OUTPUT([Makefile src/Makefile man/Makefile])