diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0206f9a07bfb798e4b12aa6072dc9f634e1490b7..a3381dfecc87dc04f3f213172f962dfd426b7766 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ html: Makefile
 	make -C doc html
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+
+dist-bz2: dist
+	zcat $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz | bzip2 --best -c > $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.bz2
+
+distcheck-bz2: distcheck
+	zcat $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz | bzip2 --best -c > $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)$.tar.bz2