diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index d27806717..7054dbd35 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	contrib/intro/win7.xml \
 	contrib/p2v/aux-scripts/do-build.sh \
 	contrib/p2v/build-p2v-iso.sh \
-	contrib/p2v/patches/0002-RHEL-5-ONLY-QEMU-NBD-1.4-HAS-NO-f-OPTION.patch \
 	contrib/p2v/patches/0001-RHEL-5-ONLY-DISABLE-AUTOMATIC-REMOTE-PORT-ALLOCATION.patch \
+	contrib/p2v/patches/0002-RHEL-5-ONLY-QEMU-NBD-1.4-HAS-NO-f-OPTION.patch \
 	contrib/p2v/test-p2v-iso.sh \
 	contrib/README \
 	contrib/visualize-alignment/.gitignore \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index afd559ad7..8788e3e87 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE([guestfs-test-driver])
 
 dnl Initialize automake.
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign subdir-objects) dnl NB: Do not [quote] this parameter.
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign subdir-objects tar-pax) dnl NB: Do not [quote] this parameter.
 
 m4_ifndef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [m4_define([AM_SILENT_RULES],[])])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes]) # make --enable-silent-rules the default.