diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f2d6d87f..03befeb9 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SUBDIRS=doc include src aserver test utils
-EXTRA_DIST=ChangeLog INSTALL TODO configure cvscompile libtool version
+EXTRA_DIST=ChangeLog INSTALL TODO configure cvscompile libtool depmod version
 
 INCLUDES=-I$(top_srcdir)/include
 
diff --git a/cvscompile b/cvscompile
index b26caa1a..fb024f00 100644
--- a/cvscompile
+++ b/cvscompile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ libtoolize --force --copy --automake
 aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
 autoheader
 automake --foreign --copy --add-missing
+touch depmod		# seems to be missing for old automake
 autoconf
 export CFLAGS='-O2 -Wall -W -pipe -g'
 echo "CFLAGS=$CFLAGS"