diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 138bd297f..2055249ee 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DIST_SUBDIRS = secp256k1
+DIST_SUBDIRS = secp256k1 univalue
 
 AM_LDFLAGS = $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) $(LIBTOOL_LDFLAGS) $(HARDENED_LDFLAGS)
 AM_CXXFLAGS = $(HARDENED_CXXFLAGS)
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = $(HARDENED_CPPFLAGS)
 EXTRA_LIBRARIES =
 
 if EMBEDDED_UNIVALUE
-DIST_SUBDIRS += univalue
-
 LIBUNIVALUE = univalue/libunivalue.la
 
 $(LIBUNIVALUE): $(wildcard univalue/lib/*) $(wildcard univalue/include/*)