diff --git a/oshmem/mca/sshmem/base/Makefile.am b/oshmem/mca/sshmem/base/Makefile.am
index 3b0dc81ea2..9b2af1f4e1 100644
--- a/oshmem/mca/sshmem/base/Makefile.am
+++ b/oshmem/mca/sshmem/base/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # $HEADER$
 #
 
-dist_ompidata_DATA = base/help-oshmem-sshmem.txt
+dist_oshmemdata_DATA = base/help-oshmem-sshmem.txt
 
 headers += \
         base/base.h