diff --git a/compiler/cpp/Makefile.am b/compiler/cpp/Makefile.am
index bb29d8c..29ef1bd 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/Makefile.am
+++ b/compiler/cpp/Makefile.am
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@
              compiler.vcxproj \
              compiler.vcxproj.filters
 
+distdir:
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) distdir-am
+
 EXTRA_DIST = \
              coding_standards.md \
              README.md \
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/Makefile.am b/compiler/cpp/src/Makefile.am
index 5111fd5..5b6802a 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/Makefile.am
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 	$(RM) thrift/thriftl.cc thrift/thrifty.cc thrift/thrifty.h thrift/thrifty.hh
 
 
+distdir:
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) distdir-am
+
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	thrift/logging.cc \
 	thrift/windows/config.h
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/test/Makefile.am b/compiler/cpp/test/Makefile.am
index 10efd07..6d4d09e 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/compiler/cpp/test/Makefile.am
@@ -23,5 +23,8 @@
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects serial-tests nostdinc
 
+distdir:
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) distdir-am
+
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/compiler/cpp/src
 AM_CXXFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -pedantic