diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 893bc2468..138a18676 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	vala/libpulse-mainloop-glib.deps \
 	vala/libpulse-mainloop-glib.vapi \
 	shell-completion/pulseaudio-zsh-completion.zsh \
-	shell-completion/pulseaudio-bash-completion.sh \
 	.gitignore \
 	doxygen/.gitignore \
 	m4/.gitignore \
@@ -65,6 +64,9 @@ endif
 cmakedir = $(libdir)/cmake/PulseAudio
 cmake_DATA = PulseAudioConfig.cmake PulseAudioConfigVersion.cmake
 
+bashcompletiondir=$(sysconfdir)/bash_completion.d
+dist_bashcompletion_DATA = shell-completion/pulseaudio-bash-completion.sh
+
 homepage: all dist doxygen
 	test -d $$HOME/homepage/private
 	mkdir -p $$HOME/homepage/private/projects/pulseaudio $$HOME/homepage/private/projects/pulseaudio/doxygen