diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 14faf1158dcd005478ecb50df51853ce54e6854d..5f3bba5ee1f2c1dea634bf460ca1a597f5172617 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS=-I m4
 
 # automatic version number generation from git version
 # If you want to force updating the version string you need to run
-# 	autoconf -f 
+# 	autoconf -f
 # in the toplevel dir. We don't do this all the time automatically to
 # save development time. In a fresh git checkout the initial autoreconf does
 # the right thing. Of course, building a release should thus be done in a clean
 # checkout.
 BUILT_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/.version
-EXTRA_DIST = $(top_srcdir)/.version
+EXTRA_DIST = $(top_srcdir)/.version examples
 $(top_srcdir)/.version:
 	echo $(VERSION) > $@-t && mv $@-t $@
 dist-hook:
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ maestro: deps
 tests: maestro
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libmaestro.la
-libmaestro_la_SOURCES = 
+libmaestro_la_SOURCES =
 libmaestro_la_LIBADD = 			 \
 	maestro/libmaestro_core.la    \
 	protocols/libmaestro_proto.la \
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ libmaestro_la_LIBADD = 			 \
 # README
 dist_doc_DATA = README.md
 
-# CMake package 
+# CMake package
 cmakepackagedir = $(libdir)/cmake/maestro/
 cmakepackage_DATA = MaestroConfig.cmake