diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a89a25d77..6e4e289b0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ if(ENABLE_GTK AND ENABLE_NLS)
 endif()
 
 if(INSTALL_DOC)
-    install(FILES AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README extras/rpc-spec.txt extras/send-email-when-torrent-done.sh DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR})
+    install(FILES AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README.md extras/rpc-spec.txt extras/send-email-when-torrent-done.sh DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR})
 endif()
 
 if(MSVC AND ENABLE_DAEMON AND ENABLE_QT AND ENABLE_UTILS AND USE_QT5 AND WITH_CRYPTO STREQUAL "openssl")
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 036ccdd0f..e5d04fe82 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
   NEWS \
   AUTHORS \
   COPYING \
-  README \
+  README.md \
   autogen.sh \
   update-version-h.sh \
   Transmission.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b64f2a395..e6262598e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
 dnl AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(libtransmission/transmission.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 tar-pax no-dist-gzip dist-xz])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 tar-pax no-dist-gzip dist-xz foreign])
 LT_INIT
 LT_LIB_M
 
diff --git a/transmission-gtk.spec.in b/transmission-gtk.spec.in
index 6e75e8a9c..05ba75a81 100644
--- a/transmission-gtk.spec.in
+++ b/transmission-gtk.spec.in
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc AUTHORS NEWS README
+%doc AUTHORS NEWS README.md
 %attr(755,root,root) %{_bindir}/%{name}*
 %{_datadir}/applications/%{name}-gtk.desktop
 %{_datadir}/pixmaps/*