diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fc6e1d116d..7b8f499f54 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-01-31  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	* autogen.sh: Touch README and INSTALL here to pacify 
+	automake.  (#329124, Kjartan Maraas, Tim Janik)
+
 2006-01-31  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtk.symbols:
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index fc6e1d116d..7b8f499f54 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-01-31  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	* autogen.sh: Touch README and INSTALL here to pacify 
+	automake.  (#329124, Kjartan Maraas, Tim Janik)
+
 2006-01-31  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtk.symbols:
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 10a7fdad97..a276979199 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ fi
 
 rm -rf autom4te.cache
 
+# README and INSTALL are required by automake, but may be deleted by clean
+# up rules. to get automake to work, simply touch these here, they will be
+# regenerated from their corresponding *.in files by ./configure anyway.
+touch README INSTALL
+
 $ACLOCAL $ACLOCAL_FLAGS || exit $?
 
 libtoolize --force || exit $?