diff --git a/lib/rb/Makefile.am b/lib/rb/Makefile.am
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index cad71be..091c67f
--- a/lib/rb/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/rb/Makefile.am
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
-	CHANGELOG \
 	Rakefile \
 	Gemfile \
 	thrift.gemspec \
diff --git a/lib/rb/thrift.gemspec b/lib/rb/thrift.gemspec
index 2cb1287..2b6ea80 100644
--- a/lib/rb/thrift.gemspec
+++ b/lib/rb/thrift.gemspec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   s.test_files = Dir.glob("{test,spec,benchmark}/**/*")
   s.executables =  Dir.glob("{bin}/**/*")
 
-  s.extra_rdoc_files  = %w[CHANGELOG README] + Dir.glob("{ext,lib}/**/*.{c,h,rb}")
+  s.extra_rdoc_files  = %w[README] + Dir.glob("{ext,lib}/**/*.{c,h,rb}")
 
   s.require_paths = %w[lib ext]