diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8fcf1d561..6398238b3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  - (djm) Use atomicio in loginrec
  - (djm) Patch from Michael Stone <mstone@cs.loyola.edu> to add support for
    Irix 6.x array sessions, project id's, and system audit trail id.
+ - (djm) Added 'distprep' make target to simplify packaging
 
 20000627
  - (djm) Fixes to login code - not setting li->uid, cleanups
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index f5af10d7e..573b92ce6 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ catman-do:
 			>$${f%%.[18]}.0 ; \
 	done
 
+distprep: catman-do
+	autoreconf
+
 install: manpages $(TARGETS) install-files host-key
 
 install-files: