diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2f6f159b..329c5633 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ docs/Makefile
 docs/man5/Makefile
 docs/man5/tinyproxy.conf.txt
 docs/man8/Makefile
-docs/man8/tinyproxy.txt
 m4macros/Makefile
 tests/Makefile
 tests/scripts/Makefile
diff --git a/docs/man8/Makefile.am b/docs/man8/Makefile.am
index 17281cd3..28e361ef 100644
--- a/docs/man8/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/man8/Makefile.am
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ else
 	@echo "*** pod2man is required to regenerate $(@) ***"; exit 1;
 endif
 
+CLEANFILES = \
+	tinyproxy.txt
+
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \
 	$(MAN8_FILES:.txt=.8)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
-	$(MAN8_FILES:.txt=.8)
+	$(MAN8_FILES:.txt=.8) \
+	tinyproxy.txt.in