diff --git a/lib/nodejs/Makefile.am b/lib/nodejs/Makefile.am
index 6691579..9503f04 100644
--- a/lib/nodejs/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/nodejs/Makefile.am
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 	$(RM) -r test/episodic-code-generation-test/gen*
 	$(RM) -r test/episodic-code-generation-test/node_modules
 
+distdir:
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) distdir-am
+
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	examples \
 	lib \