diff --git a/Docs/Makefile.am b/Docs/Makefile.am
index f512aa9e29e..4722f61f5b9 100644
--- a/Docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/Docs/Makefile.am
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 noinst_SCRIPTS =	Support/generate-text-files.pl
 
-EXTRA_DIST =		$(noinst_SCRIPTS) mysql.info INSTALL-BINARY
+EXTRA_DIST =		$(noinst_SCRIPTS) manual.chm mysql.info INSTALL-BINARY
 
 TXT_FILES=		../INSTALL-SOURCE ../INSTALL-WIN-SOURCE ../EXCEPTIONS-CLIENT \
 			INSTALL-BINARY ../support-files/MacOSX/ReadMe.txt
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5dc0e8b1e81..7bc4fe77675 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1216,6 +1216,7 @@ EOF
     #
     echo -n "making sure specific build files are writable... "
     for file in \
+        Docs/manual.chm \
         Docs/mysql.info \
         Docs/INSTALL-BINARY \
         INSTALL-SOURCE \