diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 023452e94678feeaed89dbdd30d6b4a180deb921..7dae47263b1480e9c05168d0f6000147aaa3bdcb 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = util/sunf95preproc-wrapper \
 	contrib/00nagfor-libtool-patch/nagfor-libtool-2.4.2.patch \
 	contrib/00nagfor-libtool-patch/nagfor-libtool-2.4.6.patch \
 	contrib/00nagfor-libtool-patch/nagfor-libtool-2.4.7.patch \
-	contrib/01aix-deplib-rpath-patch/README \
+	contrib/01aix-deplib-rpath-patch/README.txt \
 	contrib/01aix-deplib-rpath-patch/aix-deplib-libtool.patch \
 	contrib/02nagfor53-shared-patch/README.txt \
 	contrib/02nagfor53-shared-patch/nagfor53-shared.patch \
diff --git a/contrib/01aix-deplib-rpath-patch/README b/contrib/01aix-deplib-rpath-patch/README.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/01aix-deplib-rpath-patch/README
rename to contrib/01aix-deplib-rpath-patch/README.txt