diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3427391ca0..2031e61d77 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-05-06  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* Makefile.am (DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): --enable-gtk-doc
+	(EXTRA_DIST): added mkinstalldirs, the po-* Makefiles need it.
+	(check-defs): use tools/defcheck.py from $(top_srcdir).
+
 2007-05-06  Simon Budig  <simon@gimp.org>
 
 	* tools/pdbgen/pdb/edit.pdb: make gimp-edit-paste-as-new not fail
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 127597bbc7..4f367dffca 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -73,10 +73,11 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	intltool-extract.in	\
 	intltool-merge.in	\
 	intltool-update.in	\
-	makefile.msc
+	makefile.msc		\
+	mkinstalldirs
 
 
-DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-gimp-console
+DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-gtk-doc
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = \
 	intltool-extract	\
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ gimpinstall-@GIMP_TOOL_VERSION@:
 	$(LN_S) $(srcdir)/install-sh $(srcdir)/gimpinstall-@GIMP_TOOL_VERSION@
 
 check-defs:
-	@$(PYTHON) tools/defcheck.py || \
+	@$(PYTHON) $(top_srcdir)/tools/defcheck.py || \
 	  ( echo "* .def files inconsistent *"; exit 1; )
 
 validate-authors: