diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5385bf327..b8e22eaec 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -87,3 +87,5 @@ $(top_srcdir)/.version:
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = \
         po/.intltool-merge-cache
+
+DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --with-udev-rules-dir="$$dc_install_base/lib/udev/rules.d"