diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b1950abd7..fbef0c3ea 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2012-09-04  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+
+	* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add linguas.sh.  It's only strictly
+	required for checkouts from bzr, but it may be useful for users or
+	distributors wishing to update translations against a tarball
+	distribution, and it can be helpful for the tarball to be a superset
+	of what's in bzr.
+
 2012-09-04  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3bb911c95..30aa5a770 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -390,3 +390,5 @@ SUCCESSFUL_BOOT_STRING=3e49994fd5d82b7c9298d672d774080d
 BOOTCHECK_TIMEOUT=180
 
 bootcheck: $(BOOTCHECKS)
+
+EXTRA_DIST += linguas.sh